Prognosis
F lorida Seniors Hospitalized With Covid as Much as in January
- Numbers could signal a coming rise in deaths among elderly
- Delta is ‘going to find those vulnerable people,’ expert says
Medics transfer a patient outside of Emergency at Coral Gables Hospital where Coronavirus patients are treated, near Miami.
Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
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The Covid-19 wave that has recently struck young people in the U.S. has ensnared the country’s elderly population, with hospitalizations among seniors in some hot-spot states nearing their previous peaks.
In Florida, the rate of new daily Covid-19 hospitalization among the 70-and-over age group is as high as it was in January -- a possible signal of more mortality ahead since seniors have been much more susceptible to severe outcomes. Hospital admissions of the elderly also have jumped in Louisiana and Mississippi.