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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.
Zdatny took over at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and oversaw a major transformation of the system, which now includes Vermont State University and Community College of Vermont. She plans to leave at the end of the year.
Melvin Fink, 80, has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of lewd and lascivious conduct. He is accused of assaulting a woman at her home in Peru, Vermont, in July 2017, when she and Fink reportedly met to discuss a court case involving her family.
The Green Mountain Care Board said its reductions to hospitals’ proposed charge hikes for 2024 should limit the increase in costs to commercial insurers next year to 4.1%.
The block that once housed the state’s oldest financial institution has served as a downtown anchor since 1871, even as its name has changed from Vermont National to Chittenden, People’s United and M&T.
The Green Mountain Care Board voted unanimously on Wednesday to allow the Burlington hospital to continue to substantially grow its revenue. But the board’s vote also limited how much more Vermont’s largest hospital could increase health care costs to earn those funds.
