160,000 people are hospitalized with covid right now. that s a record high. but as cnn s omar jimenez reports, the number of daily cases are actually trending down, even as some hospitals are growing more crowded by the day. the reason this january is so dramatically different from last january is because we have the tools we need to protect people. reporter: being boosted has never been more important. protection against infection and hospitalization with the omicron variant is highest for those who are up to date with their vaccination, meaning those who are boosted when they are eligible. reporter: one cdc study published friday looked at 88,000 hospitalizations across ten states in december and january when omicron has been dominant. finding being boosted was 90% effective at preventing hospitalization during omicron. only slightly down from the 94% when delta was a dominant variant. so boosting remains the highest protection possible. but for those with just two
grow. yet some hospitals still grow more crowded by the day. cnn s omar jimenez reports. the reason this january is so dramatically different than last january is because we have the tools we need to protect people. reporter: being boosted has never been more important. protection against infection and hospitalization with the omicron variant is higher for those who are up to date with their vaccination, than those who are boosted when they are eligible. reporter: one cdc study published friday looking at 88 hospitalizations across ten states in december and january when omicron has been dominant. finding being boosted was 90% effective at preventing hospitalization during omicron. only slightly down from the 94% when delta was the dominant variant, so boosting remains the highest possible. for those with two doses, after six months, the vaccines were 76% effective against urgent
position. exactly. russia is saying we re not planning to invade, we find you a threat. nic robertson international diplomatic editor. great to have you with us. thanks so much. and we re not done with ukraine, in less than half an hour, i ll ask a russian expert if there s appetite inside russia for a war with ukraine. well, across the u.s., more than 160,000 people are in hospital with covid. that is a record high. but there is some hope. according to health and human services data, daily admissions have started to drop. and that s a promising sign that total hospitalizations will follow. even so, some hospitals still grow more crowded by the day. cnn s omar jimenez reports. we re going to take a quick
if it was six months ago or more versus within the last six months. so if you got the shot six months ago, 57% protection against hospitalization. so that clearly shows there was a waning of the benefit of the vaccines over that time period because if you are within six months, 81% and the number goes up to 90% if boosted. the biggest difference again, jake, is between those who got the shot six months ago versus more recently. so could this mean or rather when will the cdc change the definition of fully vaccinated from two doses to three? it seems like they re right on the cusp. yeah, i agree. and it s confusing and i m not sure that it became any less confusing today as they re talking about it. listen to what dr. walensky said and then i ll explain. and what we really are working to do is pivot the language to make sure that everybody is as up to date with their covid-19 vaccines as they personally could be, should be, based on when they got their