Omicron in Iowa: Record set for most new cases in one week

 

New York Times (arrow added below)

Des Moiens Register, 1/20/2022

That number is still mainly fueled by people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Of those patients hospitalized primarily for COVID-19, 64% were not fully vaccinated against the disease, nor were 72% of those requiring intensive care for COVID-19 complications. {emphasis added]

Omicron has shown more ability to evade immunity from either a prior infection or vaccination, particularly if the original vaccination was completed more than five months ago and not boosted. That increases the pool of people who might get sick, to some degree or another, and perhaps infect others.

Mostly rural counties in the top 10 with most new cases during the past 7 days.

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Ditto with most hospitalizations per 100,000 residents.

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Wisconsin. (1/21/2022