COVID hospitalizations have been on the rise for nearly a month with rates highest among the oldest and youngest Americans, CDC data shows.

For nearly a month, COVID-19 hospitalizations have been increasing following weeks of decline and relatively low levels throughout the summer, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

As of Nov. 25, there were 19,444 weekly hospitalizations due to the virus compared to 15,006 four weeks earlier, data shows.

While this marks an increase of 29.6%, it is lower than the 150,650 weekly hospitalizations at the peak of the omicron wave during the 2021-22 season.

Rates of COVID hospitalizations remain elevated among senior citizens, middle-aged adults and children under age 4, meaning the virus is affecting both the oldest and youngest Americans.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    51·
    11 months ago

    It may be lower than the omicron peak, but it’s still killing 1500 Americans a week - and that’s in a “quiet period”.

  • cybersandwich@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 months ago

    I finally caught it. I have all my shots including the latest and greatest booster, but after 3 years I finally got it.

    It sucks. My symptoms were weirdly delayed. I felt sick (achy), then I got a really bad fever, slight sore throat, headache, and sneezed a bunch. But I didn’t have a cough or congestion at all. Fast forward 8-9 days later, I’m starting to feel fine, hadn’t had a fever since day 2-3…all the suddent I’m super congested, started coughing, lose my sense of smell and taste and felt kind shit again. No fever again but it has been a wild sickness. The doctor says it’s just running it’s course and that I’m not contagious anymore but it feels weird to not mask when I’m coughing and sneezing.

    • DrabPoultry@midwest.social
      5·
      11 months ago

      The data is coming from the CDC. They need to wait for partnered hospitals to identify positive cases and sequence them for variant tracking. We’re currently waiting for our contract with them to be approved again. They’re getting very limited information right now, so things are probably even worse than they look. Yay!

      Edit: the last update I got from my area says about 20% of people tested for covid are positive, including close to 10% of asymptomatic people. Stay safe, everyone!

    • kaitco@lemmy.world
      21·
      11 months ago

      Hey-hey! Me too!

      Also, at my age, I’m neither the oldest or the youngest of Americans, so my anecdote means this data is null.