The latest surges indicate that new waves of patients are overrunning hospitals already stretched thin by staffing shortages and heavy caseloads.
’s “Squawk on the Street” on Monday that about half of the city’s hospitalizations are people hospitalized “with” VOCID-19 as opposed to “for” COVID-19. Likewise, a Monday press release from the New York state Department of Health reported 42% of the state’s hospitalized patients were admitted for something other than COVID-19, the network reported.
Meanwhile, average daily case counts reached record highs in 28 states Monday, and record hospitalizations have been confirmed in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to a“There is a lot of infection around the country right now, and, at the end of this, probably 30% to 40% of the U.S. population will have been infected by omicron,” former FDA commissioner, Pfizer board member and CNBC contributor Scott Gottlieb, told the network’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday.
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