The number of post-holiday COVID-19 cases has particularly declined this year through last January, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health.
At this time last year, the state recorded 3,666 new reports on Jan. 6 with 759 hospitalizations on Jan. 12.
This year, 266 new hospitalizations were reported on Jan. 6, with 202 hospitalizations (24 critical) on Jan. 10.
The reduced number of new cases can be attributed in part to the number of others checking at home and not requesting checks at clinics or hospitals, where they would be reported to the state.
The decline in the number of hospitalizations is likely due to the fact that existing strains of COVID-19 don’t cause as much severe illness, in part because vaccines have helped prevent this.
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Even with the encouraging signs, the public fitness urges others to stay fit and prevent the spread of the virus by staying home when sick, testing when symptoms appear, or when exposed to someone with COVID-19, staying up to date on vaccinations. and reinforcements, and dressed in a mask in crowded spaces.
Those who might need to seek treatment for COVID-19 come with others 50 and older (especially those over 65, as the threat increases with age); unvaccinated; Having chronic lung disease, central disease, diabetes, a weakened immune formula, or other underlying conditions.
Betsy Price is a Wilmington-based freelancer with 40 years of experience, plus 15 years at the News Journal in Delaware.
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