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American Coronavirus News
USA: doctors see a surge in critically ill pregnant women with Covid
“None of us has ever seen this magnitude of really, really sick women at one time,” said Dr. More...
Children now account for 36% of Tennessee’s virus cases
Children now make up 36% of Tennessee’s reported COVID-19 cases, marking yet another sobering milestone in the state’s battle against the highly contagious delta variant, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Wednesday. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 25th August 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 25th August 2021. More...
Vaccine waning studies show large declines in efficacy against infection for Covid-19 vaccines
More...A summary table of the studies that have assessed mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) for Delta infections, updated with reports from yesterday, overall in line with estimate ~50-60%; *does not pertain* to high VE for hospitalizations or deaths pic.twitter.com/7LxvLoelUI
USA: 20% vaccine breakthrough in Snohomish County, Washington State
“In May 2021, fewer than 5% of cases were among vaccinated individuals. More...
CDC: 25% vaccine breakthrough in Los Angeles County up to July 2021
During May 1–July 25, 2021, among 43,127 SARS-CoV-2 infections in residents of Los Angeles County, California, 10,895 (25.3%) were in fully vaccinated persons, 1,431 (3.3%) were in partially vaccinated persons, and 30,801 (71.4%) were in unvaccinated persons. More...
5 billion Covid-19 vaccinations administered globally
5 billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given to 2 billion people on Earth. More...
CDC: mRNA vaccines just 53.1% effective against Delta infection among nursing home residents
“Two doses of mRNA vaccines were 74.7% effective against infection among nursing home residents early in the vaccination program. More...
Delta vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State quadruple in two weeks
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 18th August 2021. More...
Preprint: Cryptic transmission of Delta AY.3 among fully vaccinated patients
Here we report cryptic transmission associated with high Delta variant viral load among vaccinated patients on an inpatient medical-surgical ward. More...