NOTE: As of March 2023, the Vermont Department of Health has stopped publishing data on daily Covid-19 case counts and hospitalizations. The data below is what is still available from weekly health department reports and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Every Wednesday, the Vermont Department of Health publishes weekly Covid-19 case counts for the prior week. The daily counts include only positive PCR test results. As of January 2022, officials estimate that case counts far exceed this figure due to the increased use of at-home rapid antigen tests.
The Vermont Department of Health releases data every Wednesday on the number of patients admitted to Vermont hospitals with Covid-19 in the past week. That includes patients who were admitted because of Covid symptoms as well as patients who were admitted for other reasons and tested positive for Covid while hospitalized.
Covid-19 deaths include any deaths in Vermont that have Covid listed as a cause or probable cause on their death certificate. Because of the time it takes to investigate and report Covid deaths, these deaths can be added to the data days or weeks after they occur, which can raise previous months’ count.
As of February 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has calculated county-by-county “community levels” of Covid-19. The agency’s rubric is based on three metrics: recent Covid cases, hospital admissions and hospital beds taken up by Covid patients.
The CDC recommends that people in high-level counties take precautions — including wearing masks — to prevent Covid spread. In medium-level counties, the CDC recommends that high-risk individuals take extra precautions to protect themselves. This map is updated on Friday mornings.
The popular retailer plans to open a new storefront at the Essex Experience shopping center in early November. Store co-owner Marc Sherman said its Burlington flagship will stay open, but he said he worried about the changing retail landscape in downtown Burlington.
In a letter to state departments and agencies, state Finance Commissioner Adam Greshin called for spending increases of no more than 3%, which, given increasing costs, would likely lead to cuts to programs and services.
The city was prepared to request the rental certificate be revoked for 184 Church St., citing multiple code violations and problematic conditions. On Monday, the city struck a deal with the property owner allowing repairs to be made after current residents are moved out.
A dental therapy program at Vermont Technical College — now Vermont State University — was “poised to be the only dental therapy program in the northeast,” according to a report by the Vermont state auditor. Instead, it never got off the ground.
Nationwide, an estimated 500,000 are expected to be re-enrolled after federal regulators found a number of states had erred in revoking people’s benefits.
State officials said the problem, which arose because a point-of-sale database did not have the new billing codes for the new vaccines, should be fixed by Friday.
