Covid-19 levels in Vermont remain “low,” according to the Vermont Department of Health’s latest weekly surveillance update.
The department reported 445 cases in the past week, down from 494 the week before.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rated only two Vermont counties — Bennington and Rutland — as having “medium” Covid levels on Thursday.
There were 37 new Covid hospital admissions in the past week, a slight increase from 35 the week before.
No deaths from Covid have been reported so far in September. Because of the delay in processing death certificates, the health department often takes days or weeks to update death data. Nineteen people died in August, 12 people died in July, 12 people died in June and 32 people died in May.
With students back in schools throughout the state, Vermont had an uptick in outbreaks in educational settings, according to the report. As of Sept. 13, there were 17 active outbreaks in a school or child care facility throughout the state, up from two the previous week. The surveillance report defines an outbreak as three or more epidemiologically linked cases of Covid-19.
Health officials and doctors continue to urge eligible Vermonters to get the recent vaccine booster targeted at the newer subvariants of the Omicron strain. VTDigger has answered reader questions about the Omicron vaccine here. The health department also has more details about the vaccine on its website.
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