Cases are one thing, hospitalizations are another.
How many new hospitalizations?
Hospitals are testing all admissions.
A positive goes on the books as the cause for admission.
People are going in for elective procedures and the staff is listing them as CV.
Of course the numbers are going up.
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“How many new hospitalizations?”
The huge increase in cases was recent, so it won’t show up right away. But I agree, hospitalizations are the best indicator - we’ll see here!
Or deaths.