COVID-19 cases rise as vaccination rates lag
Coronavirus case numbers are going up.
and last updated 2021-07-23 23:22:03-04
(WXYZ) â Coronavirus case numbers are going up.
The state is now reporting case counts on Tuesdays and Fridays; however, the daily average is on the rise. This has some healthcare providers concerned about what could be coming our way, especially with so many people still saying they wonât get a vaccine. Nope, not, I can make my own decisions, Iâm not going to get vaccinated, said Carrington Alexander, who was absolutely against getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
âIâm young, Iâm healthy I have no serious, no conditions at all really. So, I feet, in other words, no point of being vaccinated if I was okay without it,â Alexander said.
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and last updated 2021-07-21 23:18:38-04
Today, the state health department reported 5,388 new cases of COVID-19 in Louisiana. Thatâs the third-highest number since the first Covid case was reported here on March 9, 2020.
The highest number of new cases ever reported was 5,783 which happened on January 3, 2021, followed by 5,398 on January 10, 2021. The fourth-highest was 5,326 on December 1, 2020 followed by 5,313 on January 14, 2021.
The first vaccinations in Louisiana were given to health care workers in December 2020.
The CDC looks at trends; the numbers show significant jumps in positive cases last week in Acadiana parishes. The highest was more than 100 percent in Vermilion. The lowest was in Iberia Parish, with a 23 percent increase.
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Over two weeks to July 11, average daily new Covid-19 cases in Kerala have increased by 15.2% and the state accounts for about one in every four new infections in India, data from Covid19India.org show. No other state outside the north east is showing such growth in new Covid-19 cases. The Indian Council of Medical Research has projected, in some scenarios, that India s third wave could begin as early as August. Could the rise in Kerala then be heralding the start of the third wave in India? Unlikely, say health experts, pointing to the absence of a steep rise in infections. Cases are increasing at a slow rate in Kerala, despite the relaxation of lockdown restrictions and the rise of the more transmissible Delta variant in the state, they tell us. Mobility is up, people are mixing and with Delta [variant dominating], the numbers should be shooting up, not stabilising, Rajeev Sadanandan, the chief executive of Health Systems Transformation Platform (HSTP), a New Delhi-based nonpr
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