Topline
Coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S. have declined for 10 days in a row, according to data from The COVID Tracking Task, in one of the longest stretches of sustained decrease throughout the pandemic even as numbers continue to remain alarmingly high.
Hospitalizations remain alarmingly high, but there are less every day.
Secret Facts
There are now 116,264 hospitalized for Covid in the U.S., according to the current COVID Tracking Project upgrade.
Between Thursday and Friday, hospitalizations in the U.S. declined by more than 3,500– without a doubt the largest single decrease throughout a day.
But the quantity hospitalized is still exceptionally high– nearly twice that of the height of hospitalizations during the peaks of both the spring and summer spikes in 2020.
The hospitalization decline comes as cases have typically dropped throughout January.
Deaths, which lag behind increases in other metrics, remain near record levels.
What To Look For
President Joe Biden has alerted “things are going to get worse before they get better,” as a much more infectious Covid stress, first found in the U.K., is now spreading out around the United States.
Huge Number
198 million.
Key Background
The U.S. seems coming off the peak of the third and most destructive Covid rise during the pandemic. New cases, hospitalizations and deaths had all rapidly climbed up from mid-October up until recently, with hospitalizations spiking from less than 30,000 in the fall to a peak of 132,474 on Jan. 6. The last time hospitalizations had actually declined for 10 days or more was a 12- day stretch from Aug. 6-Aug. 17.
Further Checking Out
Covid: Biden signs executive orders on food help and employee protections(BBC News)
New Coronavirus Stress Is 56%More Infectious, Researchers Price Quote(Forbes)
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