Covid-19 hospitalizations and cases have soared since late June as the Delta variant gained dominance in the US. The only other period that figure was above 100,000 was from late November to early January, when the country saw a major surge in cases. Fully vaccinated people are far less likely than unvaccinated people to be hospitalized with Covid-19, a recent study from Los Angeles County affirmed. Florida has been hit particularly hard, with the worst per capita Covid-19 hospitalization rate in the country -- about 80 per 100,000 people. "We have reached new records in the Delta surge," Versalovic said Wednesday.

Source: CNN August 26, 2021 06:45 UTC