COVID Hospitalizations Soar To Record 59,000 By Reuters’ Tally

HOUSTON, TX - JULY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Members of the medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on July 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas. COVID-19 cases a... HOUSTON, TX - JULY 28: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Members of the medical staff treat a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on July 28, 2020 in Houston, Texas. COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have spiked since Texas reopened, pushing intensive-care units to full capacity and sparking concerns about a surge in fatalities as the virus spreads. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Hospitals beds on Monday were filled with roughly 59,000 COVID-19 patients across the United States — a new record according to a count by Reuters.

The record high tally comes as new COVID-19 infections have jumped to their highest levels yet for the sixth day in a row — passing the 100,000 mark — as the nation’s ability to combat the virus spirals further out of control. 

The data shows that the United States is facing what may be the worst phase of the COVID-19 crisis to date.

Meanwhile, even as pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced late stage testing of a vaccine that it said was at least 90% effective in protecting against COVID-19, President-elect Joe Biden urged Americans to wear masks noting that if approved, distribution of the vaccine to a majority of the population would likely take many months.

The number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States, has surged around 73% over the past month to at least 59,008 by Reuters’ count — a spike that surpasses a high last set in late July when 58,370 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized for the virus on July 22.

Texas led with the highest number of hospitalized patients — more than 6,000 — followed by Illinois and California who reported roughly 4,400 and 4,700 patients respectively, according to the Reuters tally.

President-elect Joe Biden vowed over the weekend to “marshal the forces of science” to combat the coronavirus crisis in the United States, and on Monday announced a coalition of scientists and experts who would head up a coronavirus task force in his incoming administration as the country has reported more than 10 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

COVID-19-related deaths over the past week also increased  by more than 6,600 people,  or 15 percent over the previous week’s toll –the highest one-week total since mid-August.

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  1. Rounding the corner of the hoax. Thank, FSM…

  2. Apparently we’re #1.

    I’m tired of all this winning.

  3. I thought we wouldn’t be talking about Covid after November 3. a. Oh, the virus doesn’t give a shit about Trump.

    Or we should protect the most at risk as we let the virus wash over America. Oh, the virus doesn’t give a shit about Scott Atlas.

  4. This is, and will always be, the Trumpandemic. We may not have failed the election test, but we have surely failed the IQ test.

  5. Honest to God. The news of the new vaccine (Yeah, Pfizer!) is GOOD news but as per usual Donnie had to step on his … whatever. First off his WH takes ‘credit’ and Pfizer has to say ‘uh no, we didn’t sign your funky paper or take your money but we’ll sell you 100,000,000 doses’ and then Donnie, true to form, rushes into the breach to accuse Pfizer of ‘withholding’ the news until after the election because they are partisan hacks.

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