COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 5: What to Know as Travel Mask Mandate LiftedĬOVID vaccines for children under the age of 5 are still not available, even as the country lifts some of its final masking restrictions, so what should parents know before they travel and when could vaccinations be authorized?ĭr. With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?Ĭases of “stealth omicron” continued to increase in the United States over the last week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying that iterations of the subvariant are now responsible for more than 90% of cases in the country.Īccording to the latest data from the CDC, the estimated number of cases linked to the BA.2 subvariant actually decreased slightly to 74.4%, but cases of the BA.2.12.1 subvariant went up to 19% in the United States, meaning that more than 93% of COVID cases in the United States are believed to be occurring as a result of the BA.2 subvariants.Ĭases of the BA.1.1 variant, the original omicron variant that spread like wildfire over the winter in the United States, are now down to 6.1%, according to CDC estimates. With Nearly All COVID Cases Now BA.2 Subvariants, Here Are Symptoms to Watch For Hospitalizations were down 36% over the last seven days and deaths were down 80%, though fatalities have remained below one per day on average for several weeks, data showed. Medical examiner IDs woman killed when Chicago boat capsized on Lake Michigan COVID Rates Chicago: Cases Increase 12%, Hospitalizations Down 36% Over Past WeekĬOVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise across Chicago, though the city's hospitalizations and deaths saw a drop over the past week, according to the latest data.Īs of Wednesday, cases were up to 481 on average per day, which is up 12% from 430 as of one week ago, the latest data from the Chicago Department of Public Health showed.
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