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U.S. Breaks All-Time Record for New Daily COVID Cases
The lightning spread of the coronavirus's omicron variant in the United States pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to 253,245 as of Tuesday afternoon, surpassing the previous high of 248,209 cases on January 12th.
The omicron variant, first identified late last month in southern Africa, has sent infections soaring to levels not seen since last winter, bringing the total number of U.S. coronavirus cases since the pandemic began to more than 63 million with more than 816,000 deaths.
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Texas Out of Monoclonal Antibodies
Texas has run out of its supply of monoclonal antibodies, and infusion centers in the state will be unable to offer the treatment until more shipments are sent out in January.
Infusion centers in Austin, El Paso, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and The Woodlands have all gone through their supply of sotrovimab, the only antibody treatment believed to be effective against the omicron variant, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission said on Monday.
The agency said infusion centers in Texas will be unable to offer the treatment until "federal authorities ship additional courses of sotrovimab to Texas in January."
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Pediatric COVID Hospitalizations Up 400%
New York State reported a "striking increase" in new hospital admissions for children as pediatric COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to rise week after week.
The New York State Department of Health said the recent fourfold increase in admissions that began the week of December 5th is concentrated in New York City and the surrounding area, where the highly contagious omicron variant was spreading rapidly.
The state's trend is having a particularly disturbing impact on unvaccinated children—even as the state touts a high vaccination rate among adults. Of the 5- to 11-year-old children admitted to New York City hospitals with COVID from the week of December 5th until the current week, none were fully-vaccinated.
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Re: Texas Out of Monoclonal Antibodies
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
The state's trend is having a particularly disturbing impact on unvaccinated children—even as the state touts a high vaccination rate among adults. Of the 5- to 11-year-old children admitted to New York City hospitals with COVID from the week of December 5th until the current week, none were fully-vaccinated.
that can't be...some very smart people on the internet said covid was harmless to children. I'm so confused now