AXIOS January 4, 2022
Parts of the U.S. health system — from testing sites to emergency departments to hospitals — are quickly being overwhelmed by Omicron.
Driving the news: Several states including Ohio, Illinois, Delaware and Maryland have reported record highs for COVID hospitalizations.
- New York’s COVID hospitalizations are at their highest point since May 2020, NBC New York reported.
- Ohio hit new record highs for hospitalizations each day since Dec. 26, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Monday. At the same time, Cleveland Clinic reported more than 2,700 employees called out sick in a single day last week.
- Maryland has also surpassed its record, with more than 2,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in recent days, Gov. Larry Hogan told CNN’s “State of the...