By Jason Hall
Apr 5, 2021
Experts believe another COVID-19 surge is possible and it could spell trouble for younger groups of people who haven t yet been vaccinated.
As of Monday (April 5), the U.S. is averaging more than 3 million daily doses of the coronavirus vaccine, but only about 18.5% of Americans are fully vaccinated, according to CDC vaccine data tracker, and cases continue to see a concerning increase nationwide.
The highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant has created an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in parts of Europe and the United States could be next if Americans don t meet proper safety measures as more people get vaccinated, specifically with so many younger groups still having not received the vaccine,
Manistee County sees 13 new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday
April 5, 2021
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Health officials continue to recommend masks and social distancing even as the number of vaccinated people rises. (Infographic/DHD#10 website)
MANISTEE COUNTY Manistee County has had 854 cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths as of Monday’s data provided by the state.
This is an increase of 13 cases and zero deaths since Saturday.
The state shows 420 of the cases in the county listed as female, 426 were listed as male and eight as unknown.
In February, 42.4% of Manistee County’s COVID-19 cases were people over the age of 60, according to DHD#10’s county profile. The March profile was not available as of Monday.
What to know about new virus detected in India that s in SF Bay Area
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Clinical lab scientist Selam Bihon processes upper respiratory samples from patients suspected of having COVID-19 at the Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Palo Alto, Calif. Viruses mutate constantly. To stay ahead of the threat, scientists analyze samples for genetic changes, watching closely for ones that might make the virus more infectious or more deadly.Noah Berger/Associated Press
One case of a new virus first detected in India was identified in the San Francisco Bay Area last week and seven other cases are expected.
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Game-changing COVID-19 variant spreading fast among children, experts say
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Children are not immune to COVID-19, experts are now reiterating.
Dr. Michael Osterholm at the University of Minnesota s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy was previously in favor of sending children back to school, claiming they didn t have to worry as much about the virus, per KTRK-13.
But a new variant identified in the United Kingdom has Osterholm switching courses, and he s not the only infectious disease expert who is concerned. We have to think about the B.1.1.7 variant as almost a brand new virus, said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, per CBS46 s Christina Maxouris. It s acting differently from anything we ve seen before, in terms of transmissibility, in terms of affecting young people, so we have to take this very seriously.