Victim of racist road-rage incident in Winooski questions low-level charges
A Black woman was accosted by a white man in Winooski, an encounter that led back to her home, where he allegedly tried to hit her with his car. Now, some are asking why he isn’t facing felony charges.
Vermont Coronavirus report (updated Friday, July 30)
CASES/DEATHS
55 new cases
↑ up from 28 yesterday
24,889 total cases
260 deaths total
VACCINATIONS
37,206 partially vaccinated
427,346 fully vaccinated
733 daily doses administered
852.8K total doses administered
HOSPITALIZATIONS
3 in hospital
↓ down from 5 yesterday
0 in ICU (0 yesterday)
PERCENT VACCINATED
6.75% partially vaccinated
77.57% fully vaccinated
84.32% received at least one dose
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Vaccine data reported via the Vermont Department of Health. (Note: Vaccine data from June 10-14 was taken from the Vermont Forward Plan website.) Percent of population vaccinated based on the number of Vermonters aged 12 and above, Vermont Department of Health Population numbers (2019). Read VTDigger's Covid-19 stories here, and our liveblog with the latest livestream of the governor's pressers and cases by county here
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