
Covid-19hospital admissions have started to rise again since July, with the most recent number standing at 17,418 across the US at the week beginning 26 August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the numbers are not as staggering as in the midst of the pandemic, there has been a steady increase. This is off the back of the US reaching its lowest number of Covid-19 hospitalisations since the start of the pandemic, with 6,315 patients in June this year.