U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Soar as New Cases Top 100,000 a Day
U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Soar as New Cases Top 100,000 a Day
(Bloomberg) --
Coronavirus patients are filling hospital beds across the U.S. Midwest, with Illinois and Michigan hospitalizing about 100 Covid-19 cases a day, and North Dakota and South Dakota reporting almost a fifth of its inpatients having the pandemic disease.
Illinois admitted an average of 131 Covid-19 cases a day to hospitals over the past week, while admissions to Michigan hospitals averaged 95 cases. Elsewhere, Florida topped the country after hospitalizing an average of 136 Covid-19 patients daily in the same period, according to Department of Health and Human Services data analyzed by Bloomberg News.
Nationwide, 58,678 beds were occupied by Covid-19 patients, the data showed. Almost 11,000 patients are being treated in intensive care units, according to the Covid Tracking Project.
Hospitalizations have soared as daily Covid-19 cases topped 100,000 in the U.S. this week. Admissions increased more than 30% in Michigan, Florida, and Ohio, and more than 20% in Minnesota, Illinois, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Missouri from Oct. 30 to Nov. 6, government data indicated.
Texas had 6,377 Covid-19 patients in hospital as of Friday, more than any other state, with hospitalizations increasing 6.7% over the past week.
Covid-19 cases make up 10% or more of all hospitalized patients in 18 states. These are the eight states that have the highest proportion of Covid-19 inpatients as of Friday, with Midwest states making up six of them:
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North Dakota | 14.49 | 16.52 | 19.08 | |||
South Dakota | 16.73 | 17.02 | 19.02 | |||
Wisconsin | 13.78 | 14.35 | 16.48 | |||
Montana | 14.67 | 14.83 | 15.88 | |||
New Mexico | 13.7 | 13.7 | 15.59 | |||
Nebraska | 9.92 | 13.48 | 14.28 | |||
Illinois | 10.39 | 11.16 | 13.49 | |||
Indiana | 10.58 | 10.63 | 12.24 |
These are the states with the most Covid-19 inpatients as of Friday:
State | Oct. 30 | Nov. 6 | Change in # Covid-19 patients | % Change in Covid-19 patients |
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Texas | 5,978 | 6,377 | 399 | 6.7 |
Illinois | 3,123 | 4,037 | 914 | 29.3 |
Florida | 2,691 | 3,641 | 950 | 35.3 |
California | 3,075 | 3,490 | 415 | 13.5 |
New York | 2,294 | 2,498 | 204 | 8.9 |
Ohio | 1,745 | 2,274 | 529 | 30.3 |
Michigan | 1,585 | 2,248 | 663 | 41.8 |
Pennsylvania | 1,788 | 2,128 | 340 | 19 |
Indiana | 1,732 | 2,008 | 276 | 15.9 |
Wisconsin | 1,630 | 1,961 | 331 | 20.3 |
Missouri | 1,532 | 1,840 | 308 | 20.1 |
Georgia | 1,756 | 1,794 | 38 | 2.2 |
Tennessee | 1,452 | 1,678 | 226 | 15.6 |
North Carolina | 1,505 | 1,553 | 48 | 3.2 |
New Jersey | 1,029 | 1,228 | 199 | 19.3 |
Minnesota | 923 | 1,194 | 271 | 29.4 |
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