The Health officials of the US stated that the Delta variant of Covid-19 is spreading across Washington. They also added that the cases are rising like ‘wild fire’ among adults as well as children.
News Agency AP has reported that the rapid acceleration in Covid-19 cases shows delta has the potential to unravel the state’s hard-fought progress towards recovery. However, state Secretary of Health Umair A Shah said even vaccination is not helping. “Vaccination progress is continuing, but not fast enough,” “If you are unvaccinated and continue to have questions, we encourage you to speak to a trusted health care provider,” he added.
An official report stated that Pend Oreille, Douglas, Lincoln, Pacific, Chelan and Island counties of the Washington state are the worst affected. The place has logged more than a 600 per cent rise in Covid-19 cases in past one month. King County, Clallam, Stevens, Asotin, Whitman, Franklin, Spokane, Clark, Lewis and Pierce counties have also been registered a rapid rise of Covid-19 disease.
However, Texas and Florida have also witnessed some of the worst Delta variant outbreaks in the United States, accounting for 40 per cent of hospitalisations over the last week, according to the White House. healthcare workers in Georgia are also raising alarm with a surge in COvid-19 cases fuelled by the Delta variant.
Phoebe Putney Health System President and CEO Scott Steiner stated that “I can’t comprehend why – after fighting this war for 18 months, with people still dying and with critically ill patients filling our COVID units – we’re still having to work to convince people of the seriousness of what our tireless teams are dealing with every day,”
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