Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations are down. But several regions are still struggling with a high number of cases and strained health care resources, reports abc7.
Hospitals struggling to meet the high demand
The big picture for Covid-19 in the US is looking a little brighter as new infections and hospitalizations are down. But several regions are still struggling with a high number of cases and strained health care resources.
One doctor in Michigan said he’d seen headlines about Covid-19 progress but struggled to feel relief because his hospital remains overwhelmed with patients.
Virus has taken caregivers of 140,000 US children
More than 140,000 US children have lost a parent or grandparent who takes care of them to Covid-19, CDC researchers reported, which is as many as one in 500 US kids.
Children from racial and ethnic minorities were far more likely to lose such a caregiver, the CDC-led team found.
“The findings illustrate orphanhood as a hidden and ongoing secondary tragedy caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and emphasizes that identifying and caring for these children throughout their development is a necessary and urgent part of the pandemic response — both for as long as the pandemic continues, as well as in the post-pandemic era,” the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a statement.
National Center for Health Statistics data through June showed children of racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 65% of those who lost a primary caregiver, while White children accounted for 35%, even though minorities account for just 39% of the US population.
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Source: abc7
