More Than A Third Of U.S. Counties In Covid ‘Red’ Zone, According To CDC

The new date is Jul 15, 2022.

More than a third of the United States are in a Covid-19 red zone, which indicates high levels of community transmission and hospitalization, while less than a quarter are in the green zone.

More than 30% of U.S. counties have high community levels of Covid, up from the week before, while 40% of counties have medium community levels, up from the week before.

There was a decline in the number of counties with low levels of transmission and hospitalization.

New Covid admissions per 100,000 people in the past seven days, the percentage of staffed inpatient beds occupied by Covid patients, and total new Covid cases per 100,000 people in the past week are some of the metrics used by the agency.

Almost all of the counties in Florida and Louisiana are on high alert.

In the week ending July 13 there were an average of over one hundred thousand new infections per day, up from the previous week's average of over one hundred thousand new infections per day.

5,955. The average number of new Covid hospital admissions in the U.S. in the seven-day period ending July 12 was more than three times the average in early April but still less than during the winter corona.

Michigan, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire had some of the highest percentage of counties in the Covid green zone.

Key Background

There has been a rise in coronaviruses in recent weeks due to the highly transmissible omicron subvariants. The strains were first discovered in South Africa, where they became dominant, and eventually made their way into the U.S. By the end of June, BA.4 and BA.5 had become the most common coronaviruses in the U.S. The United Kingdom is one of the countries where cases are on the increase. The number of covid deaths in the US has remained low since April. Drug companies are being asked to target the new BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants in a retooled Covid booster shot. The CDC advises high-risk individuals to get a booster as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the fall to get the updated shot.

What We Don’t Know

The increase in Covid cases could lead to new restrictions. Los Angeles County is currently in the red zone for Covid community levels due to a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, which could lead to a public indoor mask requirement by the end of the month.

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