Most Read from BloombergIn 15 states, patients with confirmed or suspected Covid are taking up more ICU beds than a year earlier, according to Department of Health and Human Services data. Colorado, Minnesota and Michigan have 41%, 37% and 34% of ICU beds occupied by Covid-19 patients, respectively, the data show. Death TollThe U.S. has been reporting more than 1,000 average deaths from Covid every day for more than three months. Many of the states getting hit now have average vaccination rates -- neither spectacularly high like parts of the Northeast nor especially low like parts of the South. The surge is strongest among counties with the lowest vaccination rates, according to CDC data.
