As the nation's number of cases topped 15 million today, federal officials warned states that the virus is spreading to every corner of the country and is in the most rapid, intense phase of the current surge, now entering its eighth week.New hospital metrics show high occupancyMore than 200,000 Americans are now testing positive for COVID-19 each day, on average, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins data.
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its most detailed report of hospital capacity yet, the first to show facility-level status, NPR reported.
The HHS data show that for 126 US counties, the average hospital is 90% occupied.Yesterday, the United States reported 192,299 new cases and 1,404 deaths,