Key Covid-19 indicators surge again in US, straining hospitals
LOS ANGELES - Another Covid-19 winter surge is brewing in the Untied States as the key indicators are all rising, swamping U.S. hospitals with record number of patients sicken by respiratory diseases.
The United States is currently witnessing a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths.
The country averaged about 65,569 new cases each day in the week ending Dec 7, a 49.6 per cent surge from the previous week, according to data of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Experts believe the real count of cases are much higher as many were underreported due to at-home Covid-19 tests.
The country has also continued to see an increase in Covid-19 hospitalisations. An average of more than 4,800 virus-positive Americans were admitted to hospitals each day in the week ending Dec 6, a 13.8 per cent increase over the week prior, CDC data showed.
Daily Covid-19 death count was also rising. The country averaged over 420 Covid-19 deaths in the most recent week, a 61.7 per cent surge over the previous week.
As of Dec 8, U.S. counties, districts, or territories with a high or medium Covid-19 Community Level increased by 3.6 per cent and 10.3 per cent, respectively.
Currently, about 64 per cent of sites across the country have reported moderate to high SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater.
About 38 per cent of sites reporting wastewater data have seen some of the highest levels for those sites since Dec 1, last year. - XINHUA
