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HealthDay News – In another troubling sign that the spread of COVID-19 might be accelerating, new US data show hospitalizations in at least 9 states have been on the rise since Memorial Day.
In Texas, North and South Carolina, California, Oregon, Arkansas, Mississippi, Utah, and Arizona, increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients are showing up at hospitals, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.
For example, Texas has reported 2 consecutive days of record-breaking COVID-19 hospitalizations. The state, which was one of the first to reopen, has seen a 36% increase in new cases since the end of May, with a record 2056 hospitalizations recorded by Tuesday afternoon, the Post reported.
The hospitalization data challenge the notion that the country is seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases solely because of increased testing, the Post reported. By Wednesday, the US COVID-19 case count neared 2 million as the death toll passed 112,000.
