The U.S. tallied about 15,000 reported hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 over the seven days ending Aug. 19. Though a far cry from previous totals during the pandemic, that’s a 19% increase from the week prior, continuing a climb that started at the end of June after hospitalizations reached a recent weekly low point of approximately 6,300.
Relative to population, the latest tally equates to 4.5 people per 100,000 admitted to the hospital. By state, Hawaii and Florida saw the highest rates of new COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 9.8 and 9.7 per 100,000, respectively – more than twice the national rate. Louisiana (6.6), Alabama (6.5) and Mississippi (6.5) had the next-highest rates.
Among patients visiting emergency departments, 1.9% were diagnosed with COVID-19 nationally. Hawaii and the southeastern states of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana saw shares higher than 3%.
Seven counties were described by the CDC as having a “high” level of COVID-19 hospital admissions, with rates of 20 per 100,000 or higher. Several counties in Mississippi – Noxubee, Lowndes, and Clay – as well as Lamar County, Alabama, were reported to have seen 26.4 new hospitalizations per 100,000 people. Another 117 counties were said to have a “medium” level of COVID-19 hospital admissions – with rates between 10.0 and 19.9 per 100,000 people.
Notably, the CDC’s county hospital admission figures are calculated at the Health Service Area level, which can span multiple counties. This means counties within the same HSA will share the same admission rates in the data.
The counties with the highest rates of COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people were:
Lamar County, Alabama - 26.4
Clay County, Mississippi - 26.4
Lowndes County, Mississippi - 26.4
Noxubee County, Mississippi - 26.4
Fisher County, Texas - 25.8
Mitchell County, Texas - 25.8
Nolan County, Texas - 25.8
Jefferson County, Georgia - 19.6
Washington County, Georgia - 19.6
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana - 19.1
Fillmore County, Nebraska - 19.1
Thayer County, Nebraska - 19.1
Stevens County, Kansas - 18.2
Furnas County, Nebraska - 17.6
Harlan County, Nebraska - 17.6
Phelps County, Nebraska - 17.6
Rutland County, Vermont - 17.2
Foard County, Texas - 16.8
Hardeman County, Texas - 16.8
Wilbarger County, Texas - 16.8
Because hospitalization rates are calculated per 100,000 people, it’s worth noting that even a relatively small number of hospitalizations in a small community can lead to a higher hospitalization rate.
Other measures also can give a sense of the current state of COVID-19. Though the CDC has ceased publishing a "community level" metric that incorporated COVID-19 case rates and hospital admissions – as well as the average percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients – health departments can submit the results of their sampling of wastewater for the virus to the CDC via the National Wastewater Surveillance System.
Since the U.S. passed 1 million cumulative deaths tied to COVID-19 in the spring of 2022, more than 138,000 additional people have died in connection with the disease, according to provisional data from the CDC.
While the latest tallies are down from a recent peak of about 3,900 deaths in a week in January – and well below the maximum peak of around 26,000 deaths per week in early 2021 – data indicates hundreds of people have died in connection with COVID-19 of late. Maryland and Florida each saw 3.4% of their total deaths attributed to COVID-19 during the week ending Aug. 19, doubling the national percentage.
D | 承德地处山区，城市可用空间有限。如何在寸土寸金的山城里让市民就近运动健身？承德向“边角余料”要空间——立交桥下、河岸绿道、街角口袋公园……很多过去被忽视的“金角银边”，经过改造成为市民身边的“微运动场”。
E | 记者从承德市体育局了解到，近年来，承德在滨河湿地公园南互通高速桥下、双峰寺高速桥下、武烈河大桥下等地，建设了200余处综合运动场地，涵盖篮球场、足球场、排球场、羽毛球场、乒乓球场、轮滑场等。在武烈河沿岸的绿道，记者看到，健身步道上晨跑、散步的市民络绎不绝。河畔新增了不少智能健身器材，市民在锻炼时可实时了解运动数据。“从家走到这儿用不了10分钟，器材新、环境好，每天我都要来一趟，身心特别舒畅。”在河畔锻炼的市民李颖说。在双峰寺高速桥下，综合球类场地同样人气旺盛。足球场上，孩子们追逐奔跑；羽毛球场边，等候上场的市民排起了队。“桥下晒不着淋不着，一年四季都能运动，比去体育馆还方便。”带孩子来桥下踢球的家长陈晓勇说。从“被遗忘的角落”到“家门口的运动场”，承德用“绣花功夫”盘活城市存量空间，让“15分钟健身圈”从规划图变成了市民触手可及的现实。截至目前，承德市运动场地达1.2万余个，人均场地面积约3.18平方米，经常锻炼的群众超四成，全民健身蔚然成风。（日报记者 陈宝云）。
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