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Even as Michigan's COVID hospitalizations are climbing again, the rate of people on ventilators or in the ICU is lower than expected. That could be a sign that antiviral treatments are having a real impact.
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COVID hospitalizations climbed nearly 20% in the past week and are picking up speed, thanks to the BA.2 subvariant. But this time, health officials think we'll see a rise in cases, without a big jump in severe illness or death.
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The last time so few Indiana counties were in the “blue” was nine months ago in June 2021.
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U.S. hospitalization rates more than doubled during the latest omicron wave compared to the prior delta wave, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black adults were more likely to end up hospitalized than White adults, regardless of their vaccination status.
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For the first time since August 2021, three WVPE listener counties are in the lowest risk “blue” category on Indiana’s COVID-19 tracking map.
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Indiana's COVID-19 cases have fallen significantly over the last several weeks. That's prompting the Indiana Department of Health to scale back on testing.
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LaGrange, Pulaski, Lake and Adams counties have dropped into the “orange” category, which indicates high spread of the virus.
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All of Indiana’s 92 counties remained in the most severe “red” category on the state’s COVID-19 tracking map for the third week in a row. But cases appear to be decreasing.
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Some Indiana school districts no longer need to do contact tracing. The state’s COVID-19 cases have continued to slow as it reaches 1.6 million confirmed cases. And the state surpassed 20,000 dead, reporting its most recent 1,000 in just two weeks.
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Health officials have given up on broad contact tracing, or even getting people to report positive at-home tests. Now, it's about 3 things: keeping deaths low, hospitals from getting even more overwhelmed, and schools and businesses functioning.