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

• 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.

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 $4, the surge in hospitalizations suggests the pandemic is about to strain the US healthcare system.

Already, hospitals $4 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 $4.

In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott $4 and paused plans for any further reopenings, as statewide hospitalizations related to COVID-19 have hit record highs. Florida's $4 has been strained as it encounters a surge in new cases.

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Here's a look at how US COVID-19 cases compare to COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to data compiled by $4.

To be sure, in the months since the pandemic first hit the US, the country $4. We are now $4, which will likely mean that hospitalizations won't track cases as closely at it did in the early days of the pandemic.