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SOUTHERN OREGON, Ore. A steady increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases continues to bring a concern to local health officials.
“We are seeing the hospitalizations going up, it is a worrisome sign,” said Dr. Shames, Jackson County Medical Director.
Jackson County says it’s seen a 17% increase in the number of cases per week. “If you do the math, we’ve had about an increase of about a third more cases in just two weeks,” said Shames.
Under the state’s new metrics, county risk levels include statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations. If there are 300 hospitalizations and a 15% increase over a 7 day period, then counties whose data places them in extreme will go to that category. If the state’s hospital numbers aren’t that bad, counties that qualify for extreme will stay at high.
Hill County sees 30 percent 16 and older immunized, another 43 percent on the way
Traffic at vaccination clinics down despite progress
Last updated 4/12/2021 at 11:33am
Vaccination against COVID-19 in the area continues despite a significant drop in traffic at the Hill County Health Department’s weekly vaccine clinics. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said, at the Hill County Health Board’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update last Friday, about 30 percent of the eligible population in the county is fully vaccinated and a further 43 percent have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Larson said these numbers are very good, but the traffic at her department’s weekly vaccine clinics has dropped significantly.
Universal vaccine eligibility in New York begins Tuesday
Anyone over the age of 16 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in New York State starting Tuesday at 8 a.m. Author: Leanne Stuck Updated: 11:12 PM EDT April 5, 2021
NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon, discussing the latest COVID-19 data across New York State.
According to the governor, the Western New York region currently has the highest seven-day average percentage of positive test results in New York. As of Sunday, the region had a percent positive rate of 4.7 percent, which is up from 4.44 percent on Saturday.
Over 1.1 million Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as of Friday, according to an Indiana State Department of Health dashboard.
But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, even fully vaccinated people should continue to wear masks in public, when gathering with unvaccinated people from more than one household and while visiting an unvaccinated person at high-risk of severe illness or death.
That s in part because health experts are still learning exactly how and for how long vaccinations impact the spread of the virus.
St. Joseph County Health Officer Dr. Robert Einterz has renewed his order calling for people to wear masks in enclosed public spaces and workplaces, drawing swift rebukes from the Republicans who control the countyâs executive branch.