More Than 100,000 People Are Hospitalized With COVID-19, The Most Since January

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An emergency room nurse tends to a patient in a hallway last week at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in Houston.

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The rapid rise in hospitalizations is causing concern for others who may need emergency services, as wait times in emergency rooms now stretch for several hours in some hospitals.

Officials in one Florida county are even urging residents to «consider other options» before calling 911.

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The racial disparities are still wide

Throughout the pandemic, the Black and brown communities were hit harder than white people. The more recent surge of hospitalizations is having the same impact.

«Hospitalization rates for non-Hispanic Black people increased faster and has risen higher than other groups,» the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

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In the last week of July, the hospitalization rate for non-Hispanic Black people was the highest of any other racial group. Out of every 100,000 people 11.5 were hospitalized with COVID-19. For non-Hispanic white people, the rate is 4.2 out of every 100,000, a far lower number.