More Than 100,000 Americans Are Hospitalized With COVID-19 For The First Time Since January. 1,456 Covid-19 Fatalities Recorded Wednesday

On Wednesday, the U.S. recorded 148,143 cases of COVID-19 with a seven-day rolling average of 152,480, which is a 138% jump in the last month

Deaths also rose with 1,456 fatalities recorded on Wednesday and a seven-day rolling average of 1,100, a spike of 391% from the average seen 28 days prior 

 Daily Mail: More than 100,000 Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 for the first time since January: Doctors say they've had to turn away patients as virus cases rose 138% in the last month 

* More than 100,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 for the first time since January 

* The 101,050 figure is a 147 % increase from the 40,791 patients who were hospitalized with the virus four weeks ago 

* On Wednesday, the U.S. recorded 148,143 cases of COVID-19 with a seven-day rolling average of 152,480, which is a 138% jump in the last month

* Deaths also rose with 1,456 fatalities recorded on Wednesday and a seven-day rolling average of 1,100, a spike of 391% from the average seen 28 days prior 

* In New Mexico, 433 people are hospitalized with Covid, a figure not seen since February, and officials say the state is days away from reaching 'crisis standards of care' meaning doctors will have to decide who gets care 

* In Tennessee, 2,984 patients are hospitalized with COVID-19, a 319% jump from 712 one month ago, and hospitals say they have had to divert people to other medical centers 

* Oregon has a record-high 1,080 patients hospitalized and Gov Kate Brown announced the state is deploying 'crisis teams' of frontline workers to the hardest hit regions 

More than 100,000 Americans are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 for the first time in eight months as the fourth wave of the pandemic continues. 

According to data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 101,050 hospital beds are occupied by people receiving treatment for the virus. 

This is a 147 percent increase from the 40,791 patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 four weeks ago and the first time this number has hit six figures since late January during the deadly winter 2020-21 surge.  

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Update: US breaks 100K COVID-19 hospitalizations threshold for first time since January (The Hill)  

WNU Editor: Looking at the above graphs it is obvious that the U.S. is in the middle of a fourth wave. It is also sobering that 1,456 Covid-19 fatalities were recorded yesterday. The case count is also double from what it was at the same time last year!

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