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The U.S. tallied about 15,000 reported hospitalizations of people with COVID-19 over the seven days ending Aug. 19. Though a far cry from previous totals during the pandemic, that’s a 19% increase from the week prior, continuing a climb that started at the end of June after hospitalizations reached a recent weekly low point of approximately 6,300.

Relative to population, the latest tally equates to 4.5 people per 100,000 admitted to the hospital. By state, Hawaii and Florida saw the highest rates of new COVID-19 hospitalizations, at 9.8 and 9.7 per 100,000, respectively – more than twice the national rate. Louisiana (6.6), Alabama (6.5) and Mississippi (6.5) had the next-highest rates.

Among patients visiting emergency departments, 1.9% were diagnosed with COVID-19 nationally. Hawaii and the southeastern states of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana saw shares higher than 3%.

Seven counties were described by the CDC as having a “high” level of COVID-19 hospital admissions, with rates of 20 per 100,000 or higher. Several counties in Mississippi – Noxubee, Lowndes, and Clay – as well as Lamar County, Alabama, were reported to have seen 26.4 new hospitalizations per 100,000 people. Another 117 counties were said to have a “medium” level of COVID-19 hospital admissions – with rates between 10.0 and 19.9 per 100,000 people.

Notably, the CDC’s county hospital admission figures are calculated at the Health Service Area level, which can span multiple counties. This means counties within the same HSA will share the same admission rates in the data.

The counties with the highest rates of COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people were:

Because hospitalization rates are calculated per 100,000 people, it’s worth noting that even a relatively small number of hospitalizations in a small community can lead to a higher hospitalization rate.

Other measures also can give a sense of the current state of COVID-19. Though the CDC has ceased publishing a "community level" metric that incorporated COVID-19 case rates and hospital admissions – as well as the average percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients – health departments can submit the results of their sampling of wastewater for the virus to the CDC via the National Wastewater Surveillance System.

Since the U.S. passed 1 million cumulative deaths tied to COVID-19 in the spring of 2022, more than 138,000 additional people have died in connection with the disease, according to provisional data from the CDC.

While the latest tallies are down from a recent peak of about 3,900 deaths in a week in January – and well below the maximum peak of around 26,000 deaths per week in early 2021 – data indicates hundreds of people have died in connection with COVID-19 of late. Maryland and Florida each saw 3.4% of their total deaths attributed to COVID-19 during the week ending Aug. 19, doubling the national percentage.

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二 | 张霄说，今年是中哈建交30周年。30年来，两国关系不断迈上新台阶、取得新成果，在政治、经济、人文等各领域合作持续走深走实，惠及两国人民。习近平主席此访充分体现中方对中哈关系的高度重视，也反映出中哈永久全面战略伙伴关系的高水平。张霄说，中哈建交以来，两国关系经受住了国际风云变幻考验，在涉及彼此核心利益的问题上相互坚定支持，为促进地区和世界和平稳定作出重要贡献。

三 | 近年来，在两国元首的战略引领下，两国政治互信不断加强。展望未来，中哈将继续巩固双边关系政治基础，为双方各领域合作创造良好条件。在谈到中哈“一带一路”合作时，张霄说，中哈两国山水相连，经济结构互补性强，经贸合作有着得天独厚的优势。建交以来，特别是“一带一路”倡议提出以来，两国经贸合作的深度广度不断拓展，为两国人民带来巨大福祉。

四 | 张霄说，1992年，两国贸易额仅3.68亿美元，2021年达到252.5亿美元。2022年1至7月，中哈贸易额达176.7亿美元，同比增长18.9%，全年有望创下历史新高。两国建立产能和投资对话机制，成立中哈产能合作专项基金，产能合作蓬勃发展，为哈能源、工业、交通运输等领域发展提供有力支持。他说，中哈已开通7对常年对开口岸、5条油气跨境运输管道、2条跨境铁路干线和1个国际边境合作中心，连云港中哈物流合作基地、“霍尔果斯-东大门”经济特区无水港成为连接欧亚大陆两端的桥梁和哈走向大海的出口。2021年，中欧班列运送货物价值749亿美元，占中欧贸易总额的8%。

五 | 2022年上半年，经新疆双口岸进出境中欧班列6195列，创造新纪录。

六 | 新冠疫情背景下，中哈互联互通的快速健康发展为全球产业链、供应链的稳定作出重要贡献。“事实证明，‘一带一路’是中哈互惠互利的友谊之路、繁荣之路、成功之路。双方应进一步加强战略对接，积极探讨中方参与‘新哈萨克斯坦’建设、哈方参与中方构建‘双循环’新发展格局的具体途径。”张霄说。除经贸合作外，中哈在文化、教育、体育、科技等领域也深入合作，两国人民日益相知、相识、相近，睦邻友好的民间基础更加夯实。张霄说，目前，中国在哈开设5家孔子学院，举办“汉语桥”“汉语夏令营”“中文歌曲大赛”等活动，在哈社会掀起“中文热”。双方不断深化教育合作，拓展高校交流，广泛开展职业培训合作。

七 | 两国多家媒体在对方国内落地，中国影视、书籍、游戏等在哈出版数量不断上升。两国同意推进互设文化中心，进一步提升人文合作水平。张霄说，面对新冠疫情，中哈双方相互理解、相互支持，在防疫物资、药物、疫苗等领域积极合作，谱写了抗疫合作的感人篇章。就中哈两国在多边组织中的合作，张霄表示，中哈在多边组织中一贯保持密切协作，及时就重大问题协调立场，很好地维护了双方共同利益。中哈都是上海合作组织（上合组织）创始成员国，两国始终秉持互信、互利、平等、协商、尊重多样文明、谋求共同发展的“上海精神”，在上合组织框架内保持密切沟通与协作，共同推动上合组织国家政治、经贸、互联互通、农业、人文等领域合作不断取得新发展，为促进地区安全稳定和发展繁荣作出重要贡献。（完）返回搜狐，查看更多责任编辑：