A new wave of covid? Face masks are again mandatory in US hospitals due to peak infections – El Financiero

Hospitals At least Five No 50 states returned to the United States Use of face mask is required Due to increased infections of COVID-19, flu and other respiratory diseases.

California, Illinois, Maryland, NY And Massachusetts There are some states where health care facilities have been built Compulsory Use of masks for both patients and medical staff.

The group of hospitals this Thursday Johns Hopkins

One of the largest in Maryland sent an email to its patients to let them know that mask use will once again be mandatory.

In any case, the increase in infections in the United States is difficult to measure because Many states have stopped collecting data And the only federal agency still publishing statistics on the impact of the virus is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

These CDC data show that, four years after the SARS-CoV-2 virus arrived in the United States, Hundreds of people continue to die every week in the country

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1,500 deaths a week

Specifically, according to the CDC, in the week of December 9, 2023, the last with complete data, there were 1,614 deaths through COVID-19. On average, over the last few weeks with complete data, there were 1,488 weekly deaths.

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Although this number of deaths from Covid-19 is high, it is lower than the record 25,974 deaths recorded in the week ending January 9, 2021.

other side, Flu was the leading cause of 163 deaths in the week ending December 9, 2023According to the CDC.

More since the virus arrived in the United States 1.1 million people have died due to Kovid-19 in the country

Proportionately higher than in other developed countries, according to the CDC.