Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variant: What to knowĬDC data shows the omicron subvariant BA.5 has become the dominant strain in the country, making up more than 54% of sequenced COVID-19 cases. I wouldn’t wait," said Richard Besser, a pediatrician and president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "If you want your child fully protected in the fall. A modeling study published in JAMA Network Open this weekfound vaccines may have prevented about 235,000 COVID-19-related deaths among people over 18 from Dec. As of June 29, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported 29% of 5- to 11-year-olds received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.Įxperts advised parents to jump on lifesaving vaccines sooner rather than later. Looking at vaccination rates among the next age group, 5 to 11 years, health experts worry vaccine uptake among children may be slow. The CDC has yet to report vaccination rates for that population, but polling data from April found only 18% of parents said they would vaccinate their younger children right away, 27% said they definitely wouldn’t, and 38% said they’d wait and see. In June, federal authorities authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 6 months. have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and about 47% have gotten at least one booster. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported about 66% of eligible people in the U.S. How many Americans are vaccinated against COVID-19? Here’s everything to know about the coronavirus and the state of the pandemic. Thirty-eight states had more patients in intensive care beds, and 17 states reported more deaths than a week earlier.Īlthough the increase in cases doesn’t approach the meteoric levels of previous waves, health experts said what's recorded is likely an undercount because of underreported test results. That led to a rise in hospitalizations: Hospitals in 40 states reported more COVID-19 patients than a week earlier. Watch Video: COVID-19 herd immunity may never happen, here's whyĬoronavirus cases are rising in the U.S. – again.Įighteen states reported more cases in the week of June 30-July 7 than in the week before, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.
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