Hospitals are once again overwhelmed with coronavirus patients, reaching a level not seen since before the vaccine was widely available.
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More than 100,000 people in the country are hospitalized for the coronavirus, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. It's the highest number of hospitalizations seen since January, before the vaccine was widely available to the public.
The data also shows that 30% of intensive care unit beds in hospitals in the country are holding COVID-19 patients.
States in the South and Northwest are worse:
States in the South and Northwest are seeing worse rates than ever before. In Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon and Washington, new admissions of COVID-19 patients are at the highest levels since the start of the pandemic.
And in both Florida and Georgia, more than 25% of the inpatient hospital beds are being used for COVID-19 patients. In Mississippi, more than 61% of ICU beds have COVID-19 patients.
It was August 26, and 2 weeks later it's the same situation.