Prognosis
U.S. Sees Record Single-Day Drop in Covid Hospitalizations
A nurse cares for Covid-19 patients in a makeshift ICU at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., on Jan. 21.
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. fell by the most ever on Thursday, the latest sign that relief may be coming to a health-care system that’s been fighting the virus for almost a year.
The number of people currently hospitalized with Covid dropped by 2,773 in a single day to 119,927, according to Covid Tracking Project data. The one-week drop of 9,020 was also a record, the data show. And the decrease is accelerating on a percentage basis.