Vaccine Pledges Unmet; CDC Sounds Alarm on Variant: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/15/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) The Covid-19 variant that emerged in the U.K. and sparked concerns of faster spread could become dominant in the U.S. as soon as March, U.S. public-health researchers said in a report.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will run out of vaccines by next week due to supply shortages. New York state will receive 50,000 fewer doses next week than it did the week before, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Other states, including New Jersey, Oregon and Colorado, said they are not receiving enough vaccine.
Vaccine Pledges Unmet; CDC Sounds Alarm on Variant: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/15/2021 Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) The Covid-19 variant that emerged in the U.K. and sparked concerns of faster spread could become dominant in the U.S. as soon as March, U.S. public-health researchers said in a report.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will run out of vaccines by next week due to supply shortages. New York state will receive 50,000 fewer doses next week than it did the week before, Governor Andrew Cuomo said. Other states, including New Jersey, Oregon and Colorado, said they are not receiving enough vaccine.
January 13 - 6:10 p.m. The number of Idahoans who have received both vaccine shots against COVID-19 stands at 7,280 with another 28,016 residents having
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday will unveil a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, setting up his first legislative test in the face of a split U.S. Senate and a deteriorating economy. New York state reported more than 200 daily Covid-19 deaths for the first time since May. The state’s hospitalizations are mounting even as much of the Northeast has started to get a reprieve.
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Idaho racked up another 12 deaths and 731 confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday.
State health officials recorded another 303 probable cases for a total of 1,034 new cases. Since mid-March, 1,556 people have died and Idaho has recorded 124,248 confirmed cases and an additional 27,025 probable cases.
Ada County tallied 9 new deaths Tuesday, with one each in Canyon, Gooding and Twin Falls counties.
Idaho’s raw case numbers have been trending downward since a record high of 2,298 total cases on Dec. 9, but the most recent testing data show the state’s positivity rate was 16.2% through the week of Jan. 2.
Health officials have long advocated for a positivity rate under 5% to consider reopening state and local governments.