
More than 4,800 people came to Vermont between 2020 and 2021 — reversing years of population loss from people moving out of the state.
More than 4,800 people came to Vermont between 2020 and 2021 — reversing years of population loss from people moving out of the state.
The national BA.5 surge appears to be easing, with declining case counts and hospitalizations.
The state reported updated estimates of the percentage of people vaccinated, based on the latest booster recommendations from the CDC. Only 37% of the state’s residents are up-to-date on vaccines.
The project by Yale and Harvard researchers uses data on hospitalizations, reported case counts and the dynamics of the Omicron variant to project backward, estimating the number of infections in recent weeks.
Only 13% of kids under age 5 in Vermont have gotten at least one dose of the Covid vaccine. State officials think the lag stems from parents taking their time to get around to the doctor’s office.
Vermont reported low levels for the eighth week in a row, but there are some signs that Bennington’s Covid levels may be on the rise.
The newly dominant strain is not expected to tax hospitals the way previous waves did, but it could still affect everyday life in Vermont.
Data on cases, hospitalizations, symptoms and wastewater all showed little change in the latest weekly report from the health department.
Local wastewater treatment plants have collected Covid data for months. It’s just not getting included in state and national reporting systems.
A new subvariant sweeping the nation, BA.5, makes up an increasing number of Covid cases in New England.
Case numbers barely changed from the week before, but it’s too early to tell how the closure of state Covid testing sites will affect the data.
The state reports declining hospitalizations so far in June and fewer deaths than in May.
Since the governor dropped all restrictions in June 2021, the state has contended with new variants and expanded vaccine recommendations.
Despite Vermont’s “low” Covid levels, high-risk Vermonters say unreliable data and lax restrictions make it difficult to trust that the state is in a lull.