Vermont Covid levels remain ‘low,’ but hospitalizations spike
Vermont’s Covid-19 levels are “low,” the state Department of Health reported this week — but hospitalizations for the virus nearly doubled in a single week.
The department reported 60 new hospital admissions for Covid in the past week, compared to 31 the week before. As of Wednesday, 34 people were hospitalized with the virus, including three in intensive care.
The statewide surge in Covid hospitalizations comes amid a national rise in hospitalizations and case counts related to the virus, according to The New York Times. Cases are rising more slowly than during the early phase of the Omicron surge at this time last year, but all but four states have reported a recent increase in hospitalizations.