n the number of new cases in a community to determine the need for pandemic safety measures.
That strategy will be put to the test in the next few weeks, because hospitalisations are rising again nationally. As of Thursday, an average of more than 18,000 people with the coronavirus are in US hospitals, an increase of 20 per cent from two weeks ago. The figure includes patients who are in the hospital because they are very ill with Covid-19, as well as those admitted for other reasons who test positive on arrival.
In the University of Rochester Medical Centre system, which includes six hospitals in the Finger Lakes region and in western New York, coronavirus hospitalisations have quadrupled in recent weeks, rising to about 200 patients from a low of about 50 in early April, according to Chip Partner, a spokesperson for the hospital system.
"Covid is here, Covid is an issue, but the main challenge up here is the staffing," said Michael Stapleton, the hospital's CEO.
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