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As COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to level out nationally, at least five states have reported new records this week. 

For more than two weeks, Washington, D.C., has reported the highest average rate in the nation of daily COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people, according to federal data cited by The New York Times.

More than 26,000 people have signed a petition against the closure of Boston-based Tufts Children’s Hospital in an effort to protect families and staff affected by the closure.

One person was shot and wounded in the emergency department of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in New York City on Jan. 25, according to NBC New York.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare activated crisis standards of care Jan. 24 for healthcare organizations in three local public health districts in the state’s southern region.

Several hospitals reported plans to end inpatient care over the last few months:

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., will soon reopen cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation, which closed in August because of staffing challenges amid a nurses strike.

As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to increase nationally, at least five states reported new records this week. 

With only 40 percent of rural hospitals in Texas offering labor and delivery services, “maternity deserts” across the state are growing as staff shortages shutter rural labor and delivery units, according to a Jan. 20 report from The Texas Tribune.

Boston-based Tufts Children’s Hospital will close its 41-bed hospital because of a smaller demand in child care and a larger demand in adult care, The Boston Globe reported Jan. 20.