Nurses check on a patient in the ICU Covid-19 ward at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on August 4. In the United States overall, there are currently about 21 people hospitalized with Covid-19 for every 100,000 people. In Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, current hospitalization rates are more than double the national rate. And in Florida, the hospitalization rate is more than triple the national rate. In fact, every state with a higher-than-average hospitalization rate had a lower than average vaccination rate, according to a CNN analysis of data from the CDC and HHS.

Source: CNN August 09, 2021 22:41 UTC