Key Indicators Suggest US Covid-19 Outbreak Is Headed In Wrong Direction [View all]
Source: ABC News/MSN
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Coronavirus cases in the United States are headed toward a third peak, as cases continue to climb throughout the Midwest, Mountain West, Northeast, South and West.
Back in April, the country hit a grim milestone, logging a record seven-day average of 31,165 new daily cases, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project. Those high numbers eased off until July, when the country broke its record, logging a seven-day average of 66,143 new cases each day.
After a late-summer respite, the nation recorded a seven-day average of 53,282 new cases Oct. 16, meaning the U.S. is on track to break its daily infection record for the third time. Beyond grim national statistics, including 37,000 Americans currently hospitalized with COVID-19, there are worrying state-level indications that the outbreak is headed in the wrong direction as winter approaches.
Infections are increasing in 38 states, with eight reporting record numbers of new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 15. Hospitalizations are trending upward in 39 states, including in Utah, where Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Healthcare, said the uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations is straining the health care system...
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