See COVID hospitalization rates rise in Fresno-area counties — in 2 graphics

More than 100 people across the central San Joaquin Valley are now hospitalized with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highest number in more than two months. Those include 22 people who are sick enough to require treatment in intensive-care units in the region.

In Fresno County, 57 confirmed coronavirus patients are in hospitals. Suspected COVID-19 infections brings that total up to 72, the highest it’s been since mid-May.

The rise in hospitalizations, and an increase in the two-week average of daily patients in hospitals for coronavirus infections, coincides with growing concerns expressed by health officials over the effects of the Delta variant of COVID-19.

The Delta variant, which was first identified last fall in India, has spread around the world and become the most common strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. and in California.

See the trends and number of hospitalizations for Fresno and Valleywide in the charts below.

This story was originally published July 21, 2021 at 12:16 PM.

Tim Sheehan

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Lifelong Valley resident Tim Sheehan has worked as a reporter and editor in the region since 1986, and has been with The Fresno Bee since 1998. He is currently The Bee’s data reporter and also covers California’s high-speed rail project and other transportation issues. He grew up in Madera, has a journalism degree from Fresno State and a master’s degree in leadership studies from Fresno Pacific University. Support my work with a digital subscription