8 of Vermont’s 14 counties report ‘high’ Covid levels, CDC says

The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention reported Thursday that eight Vermont counties have “excessive” neighborhood Covid-19 ranges.

That’s a drop from the 12 counties with reportedly excessive ranges final week. Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans and Caledonia dropped down from excessive to medium ranges, whereas Windham moved up from low to medium, in response to the CDC. Essex was the one county with low ranges.

The CDC’s neighborhood ranges are primarily based on three metrics: current Covid instances, hospital admissions and hospital beds taken up by Covid sufferers.

Covid instances in Vermont had been largely flat for the previous week however stay at a far greater degree than earlier than BA.2 grew to become the dominant subvariant in Vermont.

Hospital admissions reached a excessive of round 20 Covid sufferers per day final week — near the numbers within the peak of the Omicron surge — however have dropped to about 11 per day previously seven days, in response to CDC knowledge. It didn’t launch knowledge on hospital mattress use.

The CDC recommends that individuals in high-level counties take broad-scale motion to stop Covid transmission, similar to sporting masks. In medium counties, the CDC recommends that high-risk people take additional precautions to guard themselves.

The town of Burlington additionally launched its newest week of knowledge on the quantity of the Covid virus detected within the metropolis’s wastewater remedy vegetation. It reveals that viral ranges had been roughly the identical because the week earlier than.

Vermont reported 403 new Covid-19 instances, 69 hospitalizations and no further deaths Friday.

The state’s seven-day common for brand spanking new infections is 337, up a tick from 336 on Thursday, in response to the Vermont Division of Well being dashboard. 

Vermont’s seven-day common check positivity price was 14.8% on Friday, down from 14.9% on Thursday. The check positivity price consists of solely PCR assessments, not at-home antigen assessments.

The well being division reported that 69 individuals had been hospitalized with Covid as of Friday, up from 52 on Thursday. That features 13 individuals in intensive care, up from seven on Thursday.

The well being division reported no further Covid deaths on Friday. In whole, 648 individuals have died for the reason that starting of the pandemic, together with eight in Could.

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