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With the spread of the Omnicron BA. 5 variant, the rise of COVID-19 is affecting Washington County, which now has a higher network point of the virus according to CDC data.
On July 25, the daily average of new instances was 17, an increase of 11% over the past two weeks. However, the check positivity rate is 30%, suggesting that the instances are “significantly underestimated,” according to the New York Times. analysis.
Between mid-March and the end of May, the average number of new cases in Washington County remained between one and three, before starting to rise in June.
In a July 14 video, Dr. Gregory Poland, head of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, said the existing variant is “hypercontagious” and 4 times more resistant to messenger RNA vaccines, such as those produced by Moderna and Pfizer. than the previous omicron strains.
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However, Poland said it still recommends getting vaccinated as it provides solid coverage against hospitalization and death.
“However, among other people not vaccinated with this variant, they are about five times more likely to become inflamed than other people who have been vaccinated and reinforced, about 7 and a half times more likely to be hospitalized and about 14 to 15 times more likely to die if it becomes inflamed,” Poland said.
According to the state of Oklahoma, forty-five percent of Washington County citizens are fully vaccinated and 18 percent have received a booster shot.
Vaccination rates are highest among Washington County citizens over the age of 65, with 74% fully vaccinated and 45% reinforced.
Currently, Ascension St. John Jane Phillips Hospital has little stress. As of the week of July 15, the hospital had no COVID-19 patients in intensive care and low inpatient bed utilization related to COVID, according to the U. S. Department of Health. U. S. and Human Services.
However, the dataset showed that COVID-19 emergency room visits increased by 3% over last week. The extensive care sets at Tulsa Hospital have entered a moderate point of stress.
The CDC reported that ba. 5 symptoms more commonly aligned with those of earlier strains of Ommicron, adding cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, and muscle pain. The above strains are less likely to have an effect on taste or smell.
On Thursday, White House officials announced that Joe Biden had the new variant.
This article was originally published in Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Local instances of COVID-19 are expanding amid the rise of BA. 5