https://t.co/7Wl3xwTIlX pic.twitter.com/DhI5klpqoG— CNN (@CNN) June 13, 2020So far, more than 114,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally.
About half a dozen U.S. states are grappling with a rising number of coronavirus patients filling hospital beds.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Texas and North Carolina on Friday reported their highest hospitalization rates since the pandemic began.
But officials in both states point out they also have among the lowest rates of deaths from COVID-19.Fauci underscored that increased hospitalizations was a worrying trend, however, and a sign that “maybe we need to slow down a little” on reopenings.North Carolina.