Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Department of Health reported July 2 that COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are still considered "Low." Total cases for the week were up slightly, while hospitalizations declined. Levels in June were near their lowest since a surge in cases that began last August. There have been 14 deaths in June attributed to COVID so far after 32 in May. May saw an increase in fatalities from April and March. June had the fewest COVID fatalities since last July (2).
Vermonters are reminded that all state COVID testing sites closed as of June 25. PCR and take home tests will be available through doctors' offices, pharmacies and via mail from the federal government. See more information here: https://www.healthvermont.gov/covid-19/testing
Report Timeframe: June 26 to July 2, 2022
Statewide community levels: Low. The rate of new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Vermonters is
below 200. New COVID-19 admissions are below 10 per 100,000 Vermonters per day, and the
percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 is below 10%.
• New COVID-19 cases, last 7 days: 85.1 per 100K
o Weekly Case Count: 531 (lower than previous week)
• New hospital admissions of patients with COVID-19, last 7 days: 8.49 per 100K
o 53 total new admissions with COVID-19 (increase from previous week)
• Percent of staffed inpatient beds occupied by patients with COVID-19 (7-day average): 2.08%
(increase from previous week)
There were 49 COVID-19 related fatalities in Vermont in September 2021, and 47 deaths in October, which are the fifth- and sixth-worst months on record. There were 42 fatalities in November, 62 in December, and 65 in January 2022, 59 in February, 17 in March, 19 in April and 32 in May, as fatalities rose early in the month before falling off. There were 14 deaths in June. The Delta variant caused a surge in COVID-related fatalities last fall and into the winter.
More than half of all deaths overall have been of Vermonters 80 or over.
While the highest concentration of deaths were from last September through February, December 2020 was the worst month with 71.
