SARS-CoV-2 Infections and Hospitalizations Among Persons Aged ≥16 Years, by Vaccination Status — Los Angeles County, California, May 1–July 25, 2021 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7034e5.htm?s_cid=mm7034e5_w A proportion of fully vaccinated persons will become infected Los Angeles County Department of Public Health May 1 to July 25, 2021 Among 43,127 infections 10,895 (25.3%) fully vaccinated 1,431 (3.3%) partially vaccinated 30,801 (71.4%) unvaccinated Hospitalized / ITU / Ventilated in those infected Fully vaccinated 3.2%, 0.5% 0.2% Partially vaccinated 6.2%, 1.0%, 0.3% Unvaccinated 7.6%, 1.5%, 0.5% p less than 0.001 for all comparisons July 25, fully vaccinated versus unvaccinated Infection rate among unvaccinated, x 4.9 Hospitalization rate in unvaccinated, x 29.2 May testing Differences in median Ct values by vaccination status July testing No differences were detected among specimens from fully vaccinated These infection and hospitalization rate data indicate that authorized vaccines were protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19 during a period when transmission of the Delta variant was increasing US hospital pressures https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/08/19/these-6-states-have-almost-no-icu-beds-left-as-covid-hospitalizations-soar/?sh=ad819756bb58 Nationally, ITU capacity at 78% one-third with covid (or 22,345) Alabama, more ICU patients than total beds Dozens forced to wait for space Georgia, 94% of statewide ICU beds are full Florida and Mississippi, 93% Texas, 92.7% Kentucky, 90.7% Louisiana, 89.3% Missouri 88.9% Followed by Oklahoma (87.9%), Arkansas (87.4%), Nevada (85.4%), North Carolina (84.8%), South Carolina (83.8%), New Mexico (83.6%), Idaho (82.7%) Maine (80.4%) UK, ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights W / E 14 August 2021 Antibodies, 94.2% https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveyantibodyandvaccinationdatafortheuk/latest Percentage of the community population that had COVID-19 was: 1.28% in England (1 in 80 people) 0.77% in Wales (1 in 130 people) 1.92% in Northern Ireland (1 in 50 people) 0.49% in Scotland (1 in 200 people) An estimated 1.46% of the UK population were experiencing self-reported long COVID 4th in July 2021 945,000 people in private households (1.46%) 4 in 10 were experiencing these symptoms over a year Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of around two-thirds Fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle ache, loss of smell, GI More common in females those aged 35 to 69 years people living in the most deprived areas those working in health or social care those with another health condition or disability. 4th July to 14th August, percentage of people testing positive daily https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/infections Deaths, W/E 13th August https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest 14.1% above the five-year average (1,203 more deaths) England and Wales, 571 mentioned “novel coronavirus (COVID-19)” (5.5% of all deaths) North Korea Population, 25 million https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-korea-vaccine-delay/2021/08/24/fdf1b054-031a-11ec-825d-01701f9ded64_story.html Vaccinations so far, 0 UN now offering doses, Covax 3 million doses of Sinovac Technical issues still need to be resolved Sealed its borders to trade and visitors Essentially no international staff on the ground Floods, typhoons, heat wave Lag in routine vaccination program since 202 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
