The Golden State took over the unenviable title after figures provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were updated on Dec. 26. California now tops the national list of daily new cases per capita, seeing their seven-day average jump up from fourth highest to the highest overall. Now, hospitals across California are buckling under the unprecedented rush of new cases, with many rationing care or planning to triage patients as they arrive. “This team will make necessary decisions about allocating limited medical resources based on the best medical information possible and will use the same decision criteria that is being used nationally and throughout California on all patient cases,” Huntington Hospital in Southern California said in a released statement, according to ABC News. In an attempt to stem the tide of new infections, officials in California announced that stay-at-home orders that were set to expire would likely be extended in most counties for at least three weeks. The restrictions, which are among the strictest in the U.S., prohibit people from leaving home or traveling except to purchase groceries, seek medical attention, practice individual outdoor exercise, or walk pets, Reuters reports. But California is hardly the only state struggling with a COVID surge. Read on to see which states have been hit the hardest, based on data from CovidActNow as of Dec. 28. And for more on what might make the next phase of the pandemic even more difficult to tackle, check out Dr. Fauci Just Said These 3 Things Are About to Make COVID Worse. Read the original article on Best Life. Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 62.7 Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 63.2 And for more on signs you may have already been sick, check out These 2 Strange Symptoms Could Mean You’ve Already Had COVID. Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 65.2 Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 66.1ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb And for more on how the vaccine is being rolled out, check out These 2 States Are Going Against the CDC’s Vaccine Recommendations. Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 66.7 Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 67.5 And for more on PPE mistakes you should be avoiding, check out Wearing This Mask Could Be Worse Than No Mask at All, Study Says. Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 79.0 Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 80.2 And for more on people who are putting you at risk, check out This Is Who Is Most Likely to Give You COVID Right Now. Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 90.8 Daily number of new cases per 100,000 people: 100.4 And for more on what you can stop doing, check out The One Thing You Can Stop Doing to Avoid COVID, According to Doctors.
