Texas COVID-19 wave is climbing more steeply than past waves
Reality is......intrusive, insistent.
In a video conference, Chris Van Deusen, the Texas Department of State Health Services spokesman, said the rolling seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has soared by 92% from last week, while hospitalizations rose by 49% and fatalities grew by 15%.
Source: AP
She added that the rise in new cases “is similar to what we’ve seen in previous waves and might even be steeper. And that really shows how contagious the delta variant is. It’s spreading much more rapidly among unvaccinated people than the viruses that we saw last year.”
In the face of such grim statistics, Van Deusen said the rolling seven-day average of vaccinations has also climbed about 75% in the past month, from about 44,000 a day on July 4 to about 75,000 per day as of Tuesday.
“It really seems that people are getting the message that this is a serious situation. If they have been putting off getting vaccinated, now’s the time to stop. Don’t put it off any longer,” he said.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-texas-coron...a12df6db84
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit six-month high, Florida grapples with surge
Source: Reuters
The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages areas where people did not get vaccinated.
The country is reporting over 94,819 cases on a seven-day average, a five-fold increase in less than a month, Reuters data through Wednesday showed. The seven-day average provides the most accurate picture of how fast cases are rising since some states only report infections once a week or only on weekdays. (Graphic on U.S. cases and deaths)
Seven U.S. states with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates - Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi - account for half of the country's new cases and hospitalizations in the last week, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Thursday. read more
In the coming weeks, cases could double to 200,000 per day due to the highly contagious Delta variant, said top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-...021-08-05/
Reality is......intrusive, insistent.
In a video conference, Chris Van Deusen, the Texas Department of State Health Services spokesman, said the rolling seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has soared by 92% from last week, while hospitalizations rose by 49% and fatalities grew by 15%.
Source: AP
She added that the rise in new cases “is similar to what we’ve seen in previous waves and might even be steeper. And that really shows how contagious the delta variant is. It’s spreading much more rapidly among unvaccinated people than the viruses that we saw last year.”
In the face of such grim statistics, Van Deusen said the rolling seven-day average of vaccinations has also climbed about 75% in the past month, from about 44,000 a day on July 4 to about 75,000 per day as of Tuesday.
“It really seems that people are getting the message that this is a serious situation. If they have been putting off getting vaccinated, now’s the time to stop. Don’t put it off any longer,” he said.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-texas-coron...a12df6db84
U.S. COVID-19 cases hit six-month high, Florida grapples with surge
Source: Reuters
The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages areas where people did not get vaccinated.
The country is reporting over 94,819 cases on a seven-day average, a five-fold increase in less than a month, Reuters data through Wednesday showed. The seven-day average provides the most accurate picture of how fast cases are rising since some states only report infections once a week or only on weekdays. (Graphic on U.S. cases and deaths)
Seven U.S. states with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates - Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi - account for half of the country's new cases and hospitalizations in the last week, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Thursday. read more
In the coming weeks, cases could double to 200,000 per day due to the highly contagious Delta variant, said top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-...021-08-05/
