In recent weeks, COVID vaccination rates in Mississippi have soared because the state’s health care network is struggling to deal with new patients.
Mississippi reported the lowest dose of vaccine per 100,000 of all states in the United States. CDC The data shows as of August 10.
There are more than 75,000 injections per 100,000 people in the state, and Vermont has nearly 141,000 injections—the highest number.
According to data analysis, Mississippi has vaccinated 44.7% of adults overall. New York TimesFor the entire United States, this figure is 61.2%.
However, according to the local news media “Mississippi Today”, although Mississippi still lags behind other states, its incidence has increased by 107% in the past month.
The outlet pointed out that medical experts have been urging Mississippi people to get an injection because the hospital there is working hard to take care of it. Most unvaccinated COVID patients.
Throughout July, the state’s hospitalization rate has been soaring. According to data from the Mississippi Department of Health as of August 9th, 1,410 patients were hospitalized with confirmed COVID infection that day, of which 371 were in the intensive care unit and 234 were on ventilators.
This is an increase from the 956 hospitalized COVID patients as of August 1, of which 262 were in the intensive care unit and 122 were on ventilators.
According to data shared by the state’s health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths in the state between July 9 and August 5 (89% and 82%, respectively) were not vaccinated. Twitter August 8.
At the same time, the vaccination rate has increased. The health department’s data as of August 10 shows that the state has received a total of 2,284,570 doses, and the weekly vaccine data clearly shows an increasing trend.
In the week ending August 7th, approximately 61,822 people received injection opportunities, while in the week ending July 10th, this number was 20,008.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said in a tweet on August 9 that data from Mississippi showed that the Delta variant was becoming an “unvaccinated pandemic” and wrote: ” Talk to your doctor. Assess the risks. Do the right thing for you. Do the right thing for your family.”
Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vice president of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, posted a picture on Twitter on Tuesday to encourage people vaccination.
It said: “Vaccination. It is safe and effective. It can really save your life.
“Put on a mask. Masks are still important to contain the spread, especially for the raging Delta variant.”
Vaccine demand Also climbed In Missouri.
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