COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise for a second consecutive week, with a significant increase of over 12%. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an additional 9,056 individuals were hospitalized with the virus last week, marking a 12.5% surge.
This upward trend in hospitalizations began a few weeks ago. In the previous week, hospitalizations rose by 12.1%. However, certain states have experienced even greater increases. Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming all witnessed over a 20% surge in new COVID-19 hospitalizations.
New Hampshire had the largest single-week jump, with a staggering 96% increase in hospital admissions. To see the percent increase in new COVID-19 hospitalizations in your state, hover over it on the interactive map below. States shaded in yellow and orange indicate a decrease in hospitalizations, while red states have relatively stable numbers. Purple states reflect a moderate increase, and blue states indicate a substantial surge, based on CDC data.
County-level data reveals that the surge is not uniform across all areas within a state. While certain areas experience a triple increase in hospitalizations, other regions within the same state may witness a decline in serious COVID-19 cases in emergency rooms.
Click on the map below to open it in a new window and take a closer look.
Jill Rosenthal, director of public health policy at the Center for American Progress, suggests that summer surges in COVID-19 cases may become the new normal. She states, “We have had a summer wave of COVID for the last few summers, and so it’s not surprising to see an increase in COVID right now.” While winter encourages indoor socializing, which accelerates virus transmission, summer entails increased travel and overall social activities. Additionally, in hotter regions, individuals often prefer air-conditioned indoor spaces over outdoor environments.
It appears that the omicron variant remains dominant, comprising 99.9% of all cases, according to the CDC.
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