{"id":587154,"date":"2023-08-15T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:40:00","slug":"covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week\/","title":{"rendered":"#COVID hospitalizations accelerate for fourth straight week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af664e8dcbf9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af664e8dcbf9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week\/#Where_are_COVID_hospital_trends_worst\" >Where are COVID hospital trends worst?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week\/#Is_the_EG5_variant_to_blame\" >Is the EG.5 variant to blame?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/covid-hospitalizations-accelerate-for-fourth-straight-week\/#Coronavirus_Pandemic\" >Coronavirus Pandemic<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">New <span class=\"link\">COVID-19 hospitalizations<\/span> have accelerated for a fourth straight week, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data now shows.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 10,320 patients in the U.S. were newly hospitalized with COVID-19 for the week ending August 5, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_00\">figures published Monday<\/a>, an increase of 14.3% from the week before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Levels remain far below the summer peak that strained hospitals at this time last year, when 42,813 admissions were reported for the week of August 6, 2022.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_are_COVID_hospital_trends_worst\"><\/span>Where are COVID hospital trends worst?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hospitals across the Southeast are continuing to report the nation&#8217;s highest rate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_weeklyhospitaladmissions_select_82\">of COVID-19 admissions<\/a>. In the region spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, 4.58 new patients were reported per 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n<p>The Southeast has also been reporting the highest rate of COVID-19 cases <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nhsn\/covid19\/ltc-report-overview.html\">among nursing home residents<\/a>. Weekly infections are now close to the worst rates seen during 2021&#8217;s summer wave in the region, but below more recent peaks.<\/p>\n<p>Nationwide, data collected <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#ed-visits_all_ages_combined\">from emergency rooms<\/a> suggests COVID-19 levels have been highest in recent weeks among seniors ages 75 and older, similar to what was seen during last winter&#8217;s peak.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency room visits for children ages 0 to 11 years old have also climbed steeply. Measured as a percentage of all visits in the age group, nationwide COVID-19 rates in these kids are now tied with seniors for the first time in a year. Other CDC <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncird\/surveillance\/respiratory-illnesses\/index.html\">data<\/a> suggests visits from the youngest kids, ages 0 to 1 year old, are seeing the steepest increase.<\/p>\n<p>In some parts of the country \u2014 like the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/ash\/about-ash\/regional-offices\/region-6\/index.html\">region<\/a> spanning Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas \u2014 the share of COVID-19 ER visits involving children ages 0 to 11 have already far surpassed older adults.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what has driven the steep increase in ER visits from kids. A CDC spokesperson did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely respond to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_EG5_variant_to_blame\"><\/span>Is the EG.5 variant to blame?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Authorities say <span class=\"link\">EG.5, the current variant on the rise<\/span>, has not been driving an increase in severe disease any different from previous strains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EG.5 made up 17.3% of infections nationwide in a CDC estimate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\">earlier this month<\/a>. New estimates are expected to be published Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its &#8220;low&#8221; public health risk relative to other recent Omicron descendants, the World Health Organization said <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/docs\/default-source\/coronaviruse\/09082023eg.5_ire_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2aa2daee_1\">on August 9<\/a> that the strain could be on track to outcompete its XBB variant siblings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EG.5 may cause a rise in case incidence and become dominant in some countries or even globally,&#8221; the U.N. agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials say the <span class=\"link\">new COVID vaccine and booster shots<\/span> expected to roll out this September are targeted to XBB-related strains of the virus, and will likely boost protection for EG.5 as well.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coronavirus_Pandemic\"><\/span>Coronavirus Pandemic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>              More<br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"><\/use><\/svg>\n                  <\/div>\n<p>            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"><\/use><\/svg><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n    Alexander Tin<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> reporter covering public health and the pandemic.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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