The latest United States COVID-19 wave is taking its toll on some states’ intensive-care units, with several parts of the country seeing outbreaks that are as bad as ever. #ICU #COVID19 #DeltaVariant #DeltaSurge bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“Many of our physicians are at a breaking point,” IHME's @AliHMokdad told @business.
“It’s not easy to be day in and day out in an emergency room, in an ICU, looking at someone who is dying because he or she is not vaccinated.” #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives #DeltaVariant
“It’s not easy to be day in and day out in an emergency room, in an ICU, looking at someone who is dying because he or she is not vaccinated.” #COVID19 #VaccinesSaveLives #DeltaVariant
In 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected #COVID19 are taking up more ICU beds than a year earlier, according to @NIH_NIAMS data. These are top states with highest %s of ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients:
▪️ Colorado – 41%
▪️ Minnesota – 37%
▪️ Michigan – 34%
▪️ Colorado – 41%
▪️ Minnesota – 37%
▪️ Michigan – 34%
The U.S. has been reporting more than 1,000 average deaths from Covid every day for more than three months. Increases in fatalities typically follow increases in infections.
It's important to remember that #VaccinesSaveLives.
It's important to remember that #VaccinesSaveLives.
.@AliHMokdad told @business that he doesn’t project Covid’s overall impact on USA hospitals will near last winter’s levels, but he noted that it was a different story in certain hot spots and everyone should be prepared. “No state is safe,” he said. covid19.healthdata.org
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