Coronavirus, Early June, 2023
By the Numbers
The Numbers:
The number of people hospitalized with Covid in the USA has dropped from 17,000 in April to 7,000 at the beginning in June.
Source Covid-19 hospitalizations here...
Dominant Variants in the US:
XBB 98% Up from 97% in April
FD.2 1.5% Up from zero in April
And the rest...
The XBB variant is immune to treatment with monoclonal antibodies.
Per CDC tracker...
Should you get your next booster?
The current booster is a combination of the original virus and the original Omicron variant (BA.##) If you are immune compromised, or over 65 and feel like it, and your last booster is more than 4 months, it is recommended you get another. See your doctor first before taking my advice.
The new boosters are being worked on will be against one of the Omicron variants. I only heard it once in passing, and cannot run down a source, so I cannot be sure if it is against the dominant XBB variant or not.
Excess Deaths.
Despite reduced number of cases and hospitalizations, the
CDC count of excess deaths is still above the baseline. In Dec, the
number of excess deaths was around 18% or 11,000 per week. In February it was 7,700 per week. In the latest weeks measurable, it is 3,000 or 5.5%. See here...
