A second wave of the coronavirus is hitting Europe.
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has been steadily rising.
People there are now more likely to be hospitalized with Covid-19 than people in the U.S.
Here's what's going on. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
The number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has been steadily rising.
People there are now more likely to be hospitalized with Covid-19 than people in the U.S.
Here's what's going on. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
Where things stand:
— Belgium has postponed non-essential hospital work to deal with an influx of new patients.
— About a fifth of Spain’s ICU beds are already occupied by Covid-19 patients.
— Poland turned its largest stadium into an emergency field hospital with 500 beds.
— Belgium has postponed non-essential hospital work to deal with an influx of new patients.
— About a fifth of Spain’s ICU beds are already occupied by Covid-19 patients.
— Poland turned its largest stadium into an emergency field hospital with 500 beds.
Hospitalization rates are a key measure of the pandemic’s severity. The rates rise and fall days or weeks behind the tallies of new infections. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
The situation is worse in the Czech Republic than anywhere else in Europe.
Hospitalizations there surpass the worst period in Britain, and in some regions about 10% of the medical staff is either already infected or in quarantine. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
Hospitalizations there surpass the worst period in Britain, and in some regions about 10% of the medical staff is either already infected or in quarantine. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
See more of our analysis of hospitalization data released on Thursday that is showing the impact of a second wave of the coronavirus across Europe. nyti.ms/3jmtm8A
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