It’s estimated that 55 million Americans will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday. That’s the highest level since the pandemic began and the third-highest since AAA began tracking the …
the New York Times. Test positivity is up 5% over the same period, to 8.6%. But there are hotspots of infection trending much higher.
Michigan’s 14-day average number of cases is up 104%, per the Times, while its test positivity sits at 11%. Arizona’s average daily cases are up 82% in the past two weeks. Its test positivity sits at a staggering 24%. Hospitalizations in the state are up 53% over the same period. For perspective, aside from the earliest days of the pandemic, the current positivity rate in Arizona is higher that it ever was across hard-hit California.
The number of county residents hospitalized with Covid surpassed 800 today, climbing to 822 according to the latest state figures. That’s up from 666 one week ago, a 23% increase in seven days.Hospitalizations are the data point that most concerns health officials, because when healthcare facilities get overloaded the death rate increases. While rises in hospitalizations usually lag jumps in cases by about two weeks, Covid-related hospitalizations in Los Angeles have already risen considerably.
Then there are the holiday gatherings and travel which, by most accounts, will be more “normal” — i.e. maskless — this year. Couple that with the rapid rise of the , which have in a matter of weeks displaced the long-dominant BA.5 and now account for more than half of new cases in the region, and infections could continue to rise for some time.“China reported record high COVID-19 infections on Thursday, with cities nationwide imposing localized lockdowns, mass testing and other curbs,”Most of the country has been impacted by China’s so-called zero-Covid policy.
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