According to the CDC, the BA.2 subvariant accounts for 93% of cases across the U.S.
Over the last seven days, the daily case number has increased from 960 to 1,553.
The silver lining is severe illness and hospitalizations have gone down, as well as deaths related to COVID 19. The county also noted however,"For the week ending April 8, unvaccinated people were three times more likely to be hospitalized compared to fully vaccinated residents, and six times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated and boosted. And the likelihood of dying was also 16 times higher for unvaccinated residents compared to residents who were fully vaccinated for the week ending April 1.
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