For both 2020 and 2021, Covid was the 3rd leading cause for death in the United States, by @theNCI @JAMAInternalMed In 2021, it was the #1 cause of death in Americans age 45-54 https://t.co/hFcvKAomER pic.twitter.com/pH8sBTbLz5
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) July 5, 2022
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Fresh Covid-19 outbreaks put millions under lockdown in China https://t.co/zSs8ks6f6O pic.twitter.com/KoCcCdVT9x
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) July 6, 2022
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Lower risk of #LongCovid is associated w/ vaccination. Long Covid was less likely in healthcare workers who had 2 or 3 mRNA vax doses compared w/ those who weren't vaccinated, according to an observational study. However, LC affected a small % w/ 3 shots https://t.co/NLsXje7JeZ pic.twitter.com/9hNfvlMLzR
— delthia ricks (@DelthiaRicks) July 5, 2022
As of today, 193 countries have shared 4.4 million genome sequences of #Omicron @GISAID and it's clear BA.5 is a super-spreader, especially in Asia.
Now:https://t.co/kOxRo7phCZ pic.twitter.com/c7bB7HEY3F— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 5, 2022
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Not only do children have different physiology than adults, they also have their own safety profiles, says Dr. Buddy Creech of @VUMC_ID while explaining how COVID-19 vaccines for children were developed.
Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/YfVsJElsb4 pic.twitter.com/MNGnYwkKjx
— IDSA (@IDSAInfo) July 5, 2022
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Dr. @PeterHotez on the BA5 sub-variant: "The numbers are going up precipitously … it's the most highly transmissible one we've seen to date … now we're up around something that's close to measles, which is the most common transmissible infectious agent we know about." pic.twitter.com/rlE75oBBaj
— The Recount (@therecount) July 5, 2022
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YY_Sima Qian
On 7/4 Mainland China reported 112 new domestic confirmed (46 previously asymptomatic), 241 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Heyuan) case, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. There currently are 13 active domestic confirmed & 28 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time.
At Fangchenggang in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 4 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Wuhan in Hubei Province there currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region 6 domestic confirmed & 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed (7 at Xilingol League & 1 at Chifeng) & 5 active domestic asymptomatic (all at Xilingol League) cases in the region.
Xi’an in Shaanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 10 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 7 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 4 via community screening. The cluster is centered at a recycled materials exchange, & an associated art gallery that houses air works make from recycled materials. The outbreak is of the BA.5.2 strain, which is new to China in terms of domestic spread. The authorities believe that the cluster is seeded by importation from overseas, but the actual pathway remains unknown. There currently are 11 active confirmed & 18 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 9 sites are currently at High Risk, & 10 at Medium Risk.
Qingdao in Shandong Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic) case. There currently are 19 active domestic confirmed & 25 domestic asymptomatic cases.
Liaoning Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 9 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 52 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 13 sites at Dandong are currently at High Risk, & 8 sites at Medium Risk. 1 area at Dalian is currently at High Risk, & 1 area at Medium Risk.
Jilin Province did not report any new domestic positive cases.
Beijing Municipality reported 5 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The new cluster is seeded by a person who came from Taiwan, passed through 7 days of centralized quarantine at Shanghai before traveling to Beijing, & tested positive during at home health monitoring period. 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 3 sites are currently at High Risk, & 3 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The new cluster is seeded by an imported case coming from the US, who had entered China at Shanghai & passed through 7 days of centralized quarantine, before returning to Tianjin via high speed rail on 7/3, the case had developed mil symptoms early on 7/3 & tested positive during at home monitoring period on 7/4. The 5 domestic positive cases are all family members & relatives of the imported case, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 5 sites are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 9 new domestic confirmed & 15 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. The new cluster is centered around a series of KTVs. 1 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There were 0 new deaths. There currently are 30 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 7 sites are currently at High Risk & 28 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 81 new domestic confirmed (34 previously asymptomatic) & 141 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 266 active domestic confirmed & 1,002 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jiangsu Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (2 previously asymptomatic) & 61 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 20 active domestic & 300 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. The clusters in the province are all seeded by the outbreak at Suzhou in Anhui.
Zhejiang Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic (both previously asymptomatic, both at Hangzhou) cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Ji’an in Jiangxi Province there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.
Fujian Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed (6 previously asymptomatic) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Xiapu County in Ningde. There currently are 9 active domestic confirmed (all at Ningde) & 17 active domestic asymptomatic (16 at Ningde & 1 at Fuzhou) cases remaining. 26 sites at Xiapu County in Ningde are currently at High Risk, & 27 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (previously asymptomatic, at Chengdu) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Bazhong) cases. The case at Bazhong is a person coming from out of province & under centralized quarantine since arrival. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Yunnan Province there currently are 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 7/4, Mainland China reported 29 new imported confirmed cases (6 previously asymptomatic), 45 imported asymptomatic cases, 0 imported suspect cases:
Overall in Mainland China, 27 confirmed cases recovered (23 imported), 57 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (35 imported) & 52 were reclassified as confirmed cases (6 imported), & 5,620 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 724 active confirmed cases in the country (321 imported), 1 in serious/critical condition (domestic), 1,951 active asymptomatic cases (388 imported), 1 suspect cases (imported). 62,254 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/4, 3,405.158M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 621K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 7/4 Macau reported 146 positive case, 39 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, 59 via screening of persons in high risk occupations & 48 via community screening.
On 7/4 Hong Kong added 2,815 new positive cases, 143 imported & 2,672 domestic (1,021 via RT-PCR & 1,651 from rapid antigen tests), 1 death (71 y.o.). The BA.4 variant now accounts for 1% of cases.
On 7/4, Taiwan added 34,527 new positive cases, 78 imported & 34,449 domestic (including 275 moderate or serious). There were 95 new deaths (ages ranging from < 5 y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 5/24 – 7/3, 87 having a range of underlying conditions, 33 fully vaccinated & boosted).
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY:
NYSDOH says 54 new cases for 7/4/22
55 new cases for 7/5/22
(PCR tests only).
Not great, but not in the triple digits either…yet.
OzarkHillbilly
Pro-Life my ass.
Soprano2
@OzarkHillbilly: I think liberals have not emphasized enough that these people are not actually “pro-life” – instead, they are “pro forcing my views onto you”.
There go two miscreants
@OzarkHillbilly: Also, notice the lack of anyone responsible: “Florida” missed the deadlines. How on earth did that happen? No one knows!
Matt McIrvin
@There go two miscreants: Isn’t the state going beyond that and actively discouraging childhood COVID vaccinations, on the recommendation of an antivaxxer crank?
OzarkHillbilly
@There go two miscreants: We know where the buck stops in Florida.
rikyrah
@OzarkHillbilly:
I feel their rage
Kayla Rudbek
So a question for the hive mind as I look at scheduling my second booster: Pfizer like the last three shots, or should I mix it up and go with Moderna for this round? It looks like I can schedule myself for either one today, tomorrow, or later this week, etc. (I might go with tomorrow after my dentist appointment)
Kayla Rudbek
@OzarkHillbilly: and then it makes the kids scared to get it. My nephew was freaking out over it, like he was going up before the firing squad kind of shot, before the nurse told him that it could be in his arm or his leg and they weren’t going to leave the needle in him. My sibling put it as “ it was like he had the blindfold and the last cigarette, and then he got the reprieve.”
dmsilev
@Kayla Rudbek: There’s some evidence that mix-and-match is more effective than getting all of the shots with one formulation, but if memory serves it’s not a huge difference. If there’s no difference in scheduling/ease of getting the shot/etc., may as well go with the Moderna. One down side is that the side effects tend to be a bit stronger with Moderna, but that’s “a day or three feeling crappy” at worst, so not a huge issue.
Matt McIrvin
@Soprano2: Liberals have been emphasizing this for as long as I remember–there’s just a limit to how effectively the message can get through.
Ohio Mom
@dmsilev: I went with Moderna after three Pfizers and my arm hurt for a couple of days, which I found no big deal. I found the soreness reassuring, I took it to mean my immune system was doing its thing.
I am under the impression there’s no real data (yet) on whether switching up the vaccines does much but I don’t think it can do any harm.
New Deal democrat
The CDC reported yesterday that BA.4&5 now make up 70% of all US COVID cases, with BA.2.12.1 making up almost the entire remaining 30%.
Despite that, there has been no sign of a renewed wave in cases whatsoever. Nationwide cases remain in their recent range at 110,000. A few States, notably TX, NY, and NJ, are showing a slight increase over the last week. Biobot has not updated its wastewater information in a week, but as of that time showed no increase.
Hospitalizations continued to rise to 37,400. Deaths declined to 255. The death figures may be distorted by lack of reporting over the long holiday weekend.
BA.4&5 are going to be 90% of all cases in about two weeks. If there continues to be no increase in cases during that time, there is not going to be any “wave” from them at all.
The increase in hospitalizations *is* puzzling, however, especially since deaths have not increased. I have not read of any explanation. It seems like BA.4&5 may be more virulent than BA.2.12.1, but that medical treatments are effective in preventing deaths.
Meanwhile the next variant of concern is BA.2.76, which appeared in India and is now showing up in random samples globally, and appears to be even more transmissible than BA.2 was.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 2,932 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, for a cumulative reported total of 4,578,741 cases. It also reported three deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 35,787 deaths – 0.78% of the cumulative reported total, 0.79% of resolved cases.
There were 30,019 active cases yesterday, 637 more than the day before. 1,238 were in hospital. 42 confirmed cases were in ICU; of these patients, 25 confirmed cases were on ventilators. Meanwhile, 2,292 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 4,512,935 patients recovered – 98.6% of the cumulative reported total.
2,930 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. Two new cases were imported.
The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 5,576 doses of vaccine on 5th July: 230 first doses, 4,317 second doses, and 1,029 booster doses. The cumulative total is 71,279,515 doses administered: 28,044,208 first doses, 27,301,377 second doses, and 16,149,304 booster doses. 85.9% of the population have received their first dose, 83.6% their second dose, and 49.5% their booster dose.
Matt McIrvin
@Kayla Rudbek: Among my daughter’s friends (Massachusetts), nobody is scared of the COVID vaccine but a couple of kids are upset that their wingnut parents won’t let them get it.
PaulB
I check a few stat websites daily as part of my morning routine, a routine that also includes reading this update (Thanks, Anne!). Unfortunately, the data are proving to be increasingly unreliable and incomplete. The growth of home testing, which generally is not reported, the drop in state testing and reporting (deliberate in some states), the lack of coordination and resources … how the hell am I supposed to make good decisions without the data to guide those decisions?
Matt McIrvin
@PaulB: There’s still wastewater sampling:
https://biobot.io/data/
This obviously isn’t available everywhere, but where it is, it provides a pretty rapid and individual-behavior-independent metric of how much virus is about
I use it as a sanity check on claims about how the current pandemic wave is going–there were some recent extraordinary claims that, once you take undertesting into account, it’s secretly as big as the winter Omicron wave, and I think the wastewater sampling is a pretty clear indication that this is not true. Wastewater sampling does tend to make the early waves in 2020-21 look smaller than they were because with those variants, infected people pumped out less virus.
New Deal democrat
@PaulB: Two points:
1. Wastewater doesn’t lie. Here’s a link to Biobot’s data:
https://biobot.io/data/
Take a look for yourself. The levels and trends are obvious.
2. We’ve had at-home testing for 6 months now. There is no evidence that a higher or lower percentage of people are relying on home tests than several months ago. Thus the *trend* in reported confirmed cases should still be reliable, even if the level is not.
Hope that is helpful.
different-church-lady
Got my second Pfizer booster yesterday afternoon and it was just about the same symptoms as the first three (I feel like I have a hell of a flu coming on) except for the addition of a bad case of shivers for about an hour last night. Isn’t this stuff supposed to get easier?
different-church-lady
Wait, everyone else doesn’t use their old ones as coffee filters?
randal m sexton
In case anyone cares for a bit of anecdata:
On day 3 of paxlovid, it seemed to bring immediate symptom relief of my horrible sore throat. The taste in mouth it gives is awful, ruining taste of food. Now I’m left wondering how the control version of myself in the other universes are doing who did not take the paxlovid. Wish I had a little parallel universe communicator to ask them. Seems like I will be over this in a few days, just in time for a conglomeration of east coast guests to arrive here in the salish sea. My guess is i had a ba.2 variant, worried that the visitors will bring ba.4/5. i am 65 year old male, two booster shots.
Steeplejack
@Kayla Rudbek:
Mix it up. I got three Pfizers and then Moderna for my last booster.
Tenar Arha
@Kayla Rudbek: Yeah definitely get the booster ASAP. Switch it up & take the Moderna if it’s available in your area. & if you have a job with weekends, schedule the shot on a Friday, just in case. I felt sleepy, sore & headachy for about a day after I got the shot.
Barbara
I started having a very sore throat on Saturday at our July 4 family gathering, and started testing the next day. Finally got a PCR test yesterday. All negative. Covid hasn’t eliminated other common and garden viruses. Still glad I don’t have to call up the entire extended family to warn them to get tested.
eachother
Potato. Tomato. Covid. All seem to be growing in this summer season.
Some say this. Some say that. Opinions vary.
There are indications and contradictions causing confusion.
“Almost as contagious as measles.” “A new wave is forming.”
Contagious and deadly. A summer wedding.
Pinkpuppy
Thanks for adding the (link) fields. It makes drilling down so much easier!
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/6 Mainland China reported 94 new domestic confirmed (12 previously asymptomatic), 244 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 0 new domestic suspect cases, & 0 new deaths.
Guangdong Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 each at He yuan & Shenzhen) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Heyuan & Shenzhen) cases. The confirmed case at Heyuan was previously asymptomatic, & the asymptomatic case is a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. Both cases at Shenzhen were found via community screening. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed & 29 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by jurisdictions, I cannot traced the active domestic cases in each jurisdictions due to multiple clusters at the same time. 2 sites at Shenzhen are currently at Medium Risk.
At Fangchenggang in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 13 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
At Wuhan in Hubei Province there currently are 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 4 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all at Bayan Nur (7 at Urad Middle Banner & 1 at Wuyuan County). The cluster at Urad Middle Banner was found when the index case took voluntary testing, & the rest via contact tracing. The case at Wuyuan County was found via voluntary testing. 1 domestic confirmed & 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed (6 at Xilingol League, 4 at Bayan Nur, & 1 at Chifeng) & 6 active domestic asymptomatic (4 at Bayan Nur & 2 at Xilingol League) cases in the region. 3 sites at Urad Middle Banner in Bayan Nur are currently at High Risk, & 1 at Urad Middle Banner & 1 at Wuyuan County in Bayan Nur at Medium Risk.
Xi’an in Shaanxi Province reported 3 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 3 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 1 via community screening. There currently are 14 active confirmed & 19 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 10 sites are currently at High Risk, & 11 at Medium Risk.
Shandong Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, both at Qingdao) & 9 new domestic asymptomatic (all at Linyi) cases. The case at Qingdao is a packer at the port’s bonded zone, found via regular screening of persons in high risk occupations. The initial case at Linyi was found via regular screening of persons in high risk occupations, 6 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, & 2 via community screening. There currently are 21 active domestic confirmed (all at Qingdao) & 33 domestic asymptomatic (24 at Qingdao & 9 at Linyi) cases. 2 sites at Qingdao are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk. 4 sites at Linyi are currently at High Risk, & 2 at Medium Risk.
Yuncheng in Shanxi Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a person returning from Shanghai on 7/3, had tested negative upon arrival, but tested positive on 7/5.
Liaoning Province reported 1 new domestic positive case, at Dandong, a traced close contact under centralized quarantine. 5 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 48 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks. 11 sites at Dandong are currently at High Risk, & 8 sites at Medium Risk. 1 area at Dalian is currently at High Risk, & 1 area at Medium Risk.
At Jilin Province 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered.
Beijing Municipality reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) cases, all new positive cases are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine. 5 domestic confirmed cases recovered. The municipality is not publishing the count of active domestic positive cases there. 5 sites are currently at High Risk, & 7 at Medium Risk.
Tianjin Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 3 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & a ground staff servicing international flights living in “closed loop” (found via regular screening). 3 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 7 sites are currently at High Risk, & 5 at Medium Risk.
Shanghai Municipality reported 32 new domestic confirmed & 22 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 52 traced close contacts under centralized quarantine & 2 via at fever clinics. There were 0 new deaths. 2 domestic confirmed & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 60 active domestic confirmed (none serious) in the city. The city is no longer publishing the number of active asymptomatic cases. 8 sites are currently at High Risk & 77 at Medium Risk.
Anhui Province reported 39 new domestic confirmed (9 previously asymptomatic) & 128 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 9 domestic confirmed & 51 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. There currently are 297 active domestic confirmed & 1,070 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.
Jiangsu Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 57 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 24 active domestic & 357 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province. The clusters in the province are all seeded by the outbreak at Suzhou in Anhui.
Zhejiang Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Ji’an in Jiangxi Province the domestic asymptomatic case recovered.
Fujian Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed (both at Ningde) & 17 new domestic asymptomatic (16 at Ningde & 1 at Zhangzhou) cases. The case at Zhangzhou had traveled from Xiapu County in Ningde on 7/2, via Xiamen, arriving on 7/4, testing positive on 7/5. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed (all at Ningde) & 34 active domestic asymptomatic (32 at Ningde & 1 each at Fuzhou & Zhangzhou) cases in the province. 37 sites at Xiapu County in Ningde are currently at High Risk, & 23 at Medium Risk. 1 site at Zhangzhou is currently at High Risk, & 1 at Medium Risk.
Sichuan Province did nor report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed & 1 domestic asymptomatic cases recovered. As the province does not break down recoveries by imported & domestic cases, I cannot track the count of active domestic cases there.
At Yunnan Province 1 domestic asymptomatic case recovered. There currently are 4 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining. As the province does not break down recoveries by administrative divisions, I cannot track the count of active cases in administrative divisions, given the multiple simultaneous outbreaks.
Imported Cases
On 7/6, Mainland China reported 30 new imported confirmed cases (4 previously asymptomatic), 41 imported asymptomatic cases, 1 imported suspect case:
Overall in Mainland China, 39 confirmed cases recovered (21 imported), 114 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (41 imported) & 16 were reclassified as confirmed cases (4 imported), & 4,401 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 809 active confirmed cases in the country (330 imported), 1 in serious/critical condition (domestic), 2,106 active asymptomatic cases (384 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 65,940 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/6, 3,405.812M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 654K doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 7/6 Macau reported 128 positive case, 77 are traced close contacts under centralized quarantine, 38 via screening of persons in high risk occupations & 13 via community screening.
On 7/6 Hong Kong added 3,028 new positive cases, 172 imported & 2,856 domestic (948 via RT-PCR & 1,908 from rapid antigen tests), 1 death (79 y.o., unvaccinated).
On 7/6, Taiwan added 31,462 new positive cases, 98 imported & 31,364 domestic (including 243 moderate or serious). There were 105 new deaths (ages ranging from 30+ y.o. to 90+ y.o., actual dates of death range from 6/12 – 7/4, 101 having a range of underlying conditions, 37 fully vaccinated & boosted).