In Wisconsin, cases began spiking in early September, and deaths began to rise sharply at the end of the month. It is impossible to predict what the level of deaths will be related to the number of hospitalizations,” Fauci said. In the United States, African Americans account for 1 in 5 deaths, far exceeding their proportion of the population, and there are other disparities in infections, hospitalizations and deaths affecting people of color. When infections rise, hospitalizations tend to increase a few weeks later. At the end of it, the death toll rises in an inescapable echo of the infections weeks earlier.

Source: Washington Post October 31, 2020 00:00 UTC