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Madison County COVID vaccine outreach program in the works
Health officials would call a doctor s patient list to answer questions about the COVID vaccine.
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 4:41 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 5:36 PM
Posted By: Alex Torres-Perez
53% of people in Madison County have gotten at least 1 dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Nearly 44% are fully vaccinated.
However, health officials are still struggling to get more vaccinated as cases ramp up because of the Delta variant. To take the vaccine, that s the only way out of this, Huntsville Hospital CEO Jeff Samz said.
That s why they re working on a COVID vaccine outreach program. Essentially, they would call a doctor s patient list and help them answer any questions they may have about the COVID vaccine.
Huntsville health officials stop short of calling for a mask mandate
Health officials support the new CDC guidance recommending masks indoors, but don t believe it should be required.
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 5:11 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 5:40 PM
Posted By: Alex Torres-Perez
Madison County is seeing a rise in COVID cases that we haven t seen in months!
Most of the state, including all of North Alabama, is considered to be at a high community transmission level. The test positivity rate in Madison County is at 17.5%. It s even higher across the state!
That s why local leaders held their first COVID briefing in months to keep the community updated on the situation. No city official was at that meeting, but WAAY 31 asked local health officials what precautions need to be taken now as we see a COVID surge.
Surge in COVID inpatients in Huntsville Hospital system due to Delta variant
The number of COVID hospitalizations in Alabama have increased seven fold since last month.
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 4:31 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 5:41 PM
Posted By: Alex Torres-Perez
The CDC reports the Delta variant now accounts for 93% of all sequenced cases in the country.
Huntsville Hospital CEO Jeff Samz says the Delta variant is something completely different than what they re used to dealing with because it s so contagious. A typical person with the Delta variant, which is the predominant strain, is going to infect eight people and you can catch it in a minute, Samz said. It produces a thousand times more viral particles.
Coronavirus cases in children rising ahead of new school year
That data reporting 72,000 children across the United States tested positive for the coronavirus last week.
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 6:21 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 6:52 PM
Posted By: Olivia Schueller
Thousands of North Alabama students packed up their backpacks Wednesday morning and headed back to school.
Before classes even started, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported an increase in coronavirus cases among children.
Students wear masks in school
That data reporting 72,000 children across the United States tested positive for the coronavirus last week. The week before, 39,000 children tested positive. The increase in cases, something doctors fear may grow as kids head back to school.