US coronavirus hospitalizations hit record high as nation looks to a potential vaccine
Source: CNN
The US set a record for Covid-19 hospitalizations as officials urged Americans to double down on public health measures until a vaccine becomes widely available.
Nearly 80,700 people were hospitalized with Covid-19 in the US on Thursday, an all-time high, according to the Covid Tracking Project. As of Friday, the US was averaging 74,063 current hospitalizations over the last 7 days -- up 19.13% compared to the week prior.
The US also set yet another record for new cases, with 187,800 new cases reported across the country, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Over half of the country is now in the "red zone," Dr. Deborah Birx, a White House Coronavirus Task Force member told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in an exclusive interview, warning that this surge was unlike those in the past.
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While Trump continues to focus on engineering a coup and Senate Republicans do nothing but enable Trump, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exact a toll.
On the one side, you have Democrats that are seeking to hit the ground running, and on the other you have Republicans who could care less about their constituents.