Coronavirus hospitalizations are surging again in the US after dropping for 2 straight months — and the spike in new cases suggests it'll get far worse
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Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer,Shayanne Gal
Jun 26, 2020, 19:23 IST
A barber gives a haircut in San Marcos, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay
The US is recording a second surge of coronavirus cases center in the South and West, after states in the Northeast got their outbreaks under control.
Coronavirus hospitalizations in the US started going up again on June 21.
Before that, hospitalizations in the US had fallen for two months.
As total case counts continue to climb, the surge in hospitalizations is a worrisome trend that suggest the pandemic is about to get a whole lot worse in the US.
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After weeks of falling, coronavirus cases are increasing in the US.
And while hospitalizations related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, had been steadily declining, they've started to climb again this week, too.
As case counts continue to rise, the surge in hospitalizations suggests the pandemic is about to strain the US healthcare system.
Already, hospitals in states like Arizona that are experiencing surges in hospitalizations are sounding the alarm. By June 8, the number of people on ventilators quadrupled since the state reopened on May 15.
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