California sets Covid-19 daily record, Bay Area cumulative total passes 20k
"The number of deaths per day and hospitalized patients, however, has remained flat for weeks, down from their peaks in mid-April. That is beginning to change, as hospitalization levels creep back up. Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday that hospitalizations had increased 16% in the past two weeks."<p>I always thought, based on what I've read/heard, that one of the big reasons, maybe the biggest reason we're doing all this is to flatten the curb so hospitals don't get overwhelmed. For some reason headlines always seem to be number of cases or positive test results, and maybe then the number in the hospital is mentioned. The article does say "hospitalization and deaths are also believed to be a lagging indicator." so maybe that's why, but I don't get why (from what I've seen) hospitalizations don't seem to be all that important when reporting on COVID numbers in general. Could it be the people getting the virus now are less likely to end up in the hospital so that number won't keep going up to the point of causing trouble? Another headline on the site says "17+ students test positive for COVID-19 after beach trip".