Geraldine Luna, medical director for the Chicago Department of Public Health. "This 'tripledemic'… what we’re calling it right now involves three viruses," explained Dr. Health officials across the Chicago area are urging people to get vaccinated ahead of the colder weather, especially with cases of RSV and the flu rising. Doctors Urge Vaccinations as Respiratory Viruses Circulate Ahead of Holiday Season "Our bivalent boosters also show, in research assays, neutralizing activity against BQ.1.1, an increasingly dominant emerging variant, confirming that updated vaccines have the potential to offer protection as the virus continues to evolve rapidly to escape our immunity," Bancel said. Suspect, 20, arrested for deadly stabbing in Glenview, police say In addition, the superior response against Omicron persisted for at least three months after the mRNA-1273.214 booster," Stéphane Bancel, Moderna's chief executive officer, said in a statement.īancel also noted that the data appeared to indicate the bivalent shots showed protection against the new BQ.1.1 subvariant currently growing in numbers in the U.S. "We are pleased to see that both of our bivalent booster vaccine candidates offer superior protection against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 variants compared to our original booster, which is encouraging given COVID-19 remains a leading cause of hospitalization and death globally. Moderna on Monday revealed its newest trial data showed its bivalent COVID booster shots "elicited a superior neutralizing antibody response against Omicron BA.4/BA.5 variants" when compared to its original vaccine and booster shots. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter here. The seven-day rolling average of vaccines administered daily is 19,849.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Of those, 70 patients were in the ICU, and 22 patients with COVID-19 were on ventilators.Ī total of 21,563,961 vaccine doses have been administered in Illinois as of Sunday, and 64.52% of the state's population is fully vaccinated. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported testing 32,298 new specimens for a total of 57,963,111 since the pandemic began.Īs of Sunday night, 441 patients in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. SEE ALSO | Long COVID symptoms plague sufferers, but new studies could lead to treatments and relief Public health officials did not provide an update on the seven-day statewide test positivity rate Monday. There have been at least 3,084,90 total COVID cases, including at least 33,465 related deaths in the state since the pandemic began. SEE ALSO | Paxlovid COVID pill supply is high, but demand is low, Chicago area clinics say Those deaths will be captured in subsequent days." Illinois public health officials note that "daily deaths reported on weekends and at the beginning of the week may be low as IDPH and local health departments move away from reviewing and processing COVID-19 death records over the weekend. There were 13 deaths reported on Saturday and none on Sunday. Over the weekend, Illinois reported 1,794 new COVID cases on Saturday and 1,211 new cases on Sunday. Allison Arwady remains hopeful the city is poised to avoid a big surge.ĬHICAGO (WLS) - Illinois reported 1,463 new COVID cases and no related deaths Monday. Even with COVID cases climbing, Chicago Dept.
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