Prognosis
CDC Head Sees ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’ as Case Counts Rise
- Cases up 70%, hospitalizations 36% and deaths 26%, CDC reports
- Four states, led by Florida, are generating 40% of new cases
A patient inside the Covid-19 ICU at a hospital in San Diego, California.
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With deaths and hospitalizations from Covid-19 on the rise, the U.S. is seeing a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” in parts of the country where inoculation rates are low, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
While Covid cases have fallen dramatically since the introduction of vaccines, the seven-day average of new infections is now up 70% from the previous week, with 26,300 new infections a day, CDC Chief Rochelle Walensky said at a White House briefing on Friday. The agency’s biggest concern given the falling pace of shots is that the agency will continue to see preventable cases, hospitalizations and deaths, she said.