More and more U.S. counties with low vaccination rates are starting see Covid cases climb, putting residents at risk for "unnecessary" infections, hospitalizations and potentially deaths as the delta variant tears through the country, according to U.S. health officials.
"After several weeks of declining numbers of cases, followed by a long plateau, we are seeing an increase in the number of cases in many parts of the country now," Dr. Jay Butler, deputy director for infectious diseases at the CDC, said on a call hosted by an industry group Tuesday. Hospitalization rates, which tend to lag confirmed cases, are similarly starting to climb, he said.
More than half of the counties in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana have low vaccination rates and elevated levels of Covid cases, according to CNBC's analysis.
The rise of the delta variant has prompted officials in some states like Mississippi to issue new calls for masking and social distancing, especially among older and more vulnerable residents. "When the delta strain appeared , it rapidly became the dominant strain, and by dominant I don't mean 50%. In the last full week of data, more than 80% of the sequence viruses were delta and so far this week it's 92% of all variants," Dr. Andrew T. Pavia, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at the University of Utah School of Medicine, said on a call hosted Tuesday by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
CNBC Most are red states, seems to me Republicans will be loosing a lot of voters due to anti- vaccine campaign?
CNBC Sad cheap housing soon, but no state you'd want to live in.
CNBC “Orange is the new color for denial” But “Orange is the new death” has a snappier ring
CNBC OPINION: It's like Guyana Suicidal people, following a sadist. Not a good combination. Trump is the present day 'Jim Jones' handing out the Kool-Aid.
CNBC The governor of Missouri says the state isn’t in crisis.
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