Prognosis

Hospitals in Some U.S. Hot Spots Finally Get Virus Respite

Number of Americans hospitalized with Covid drops below 50,000
New York figure is lowest since the beginning of the pandemic

A medic sanitizes an ambulance outside Coral Gables Hospital in Florida, on July 30. — A medic sanitizes an ambulance outside Coral Gables Hospital in Florida, on July 30.
Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

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By Jonathan Levin

August 10, 2020 at 8:43 PM UTC

Updated on

August 10, 2020 at 10:02 PM UTC

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American hospitals are getting a reprieve as a spike of Covid-19 cases in the Sun Belt eases and the Northeast recovers, giving health-care workers a chance to prepare for what September and October may bring.

For the first time in a month, fewer than 50,000 Americans are known to be hospitalized with Covid-19, according to data compiled by the Covid Tracking Project through Sunday.