COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States spiked during this summer, compared to the previous months.
For the week ending July 15, there were 7,109 new COVID-19 hospital admissions, up 10.3 percent from 6,444 admissions a week back, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is the highest number of admissions since the week ending June 3. Meanwhile, the percentage of emergency department visits that were diagnosed with COVID-19 was at 0.78 percent on July 24, up from 0.52 percent a month prior.
