Fewer people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States now than at any other point in the pandemic, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

As of Friday, there are 16,138 people in the hospital with COVID-19 — fewer than there have ever been since the HHS first started tracking in July 2020. Just 2% of hospital beds are currently in use for COVID-19 patients.

The number of COVID-19 patients in the ICU is also at a low point, with less than 2,000 ICU beds in use for COVID-19 patients in the United States overall, HHS data shows.

Previously, the lowest point was in late June 2021, just before delta became the dominant variant in the country. COVID-19 hospitalizations reached a peak in January 2022 amid the omicron surge, when more than 160,000 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 at one time.... Read More: WBAL TV