![]() What to do if you cannot find testing : Due to unprecedented demand for COVID-19 testing throughout the country, it has become increasingly difficult to get tested. But right now is a time for extreme caution.” The worst part of this surge should be over in a few weeks and we should soon have more tests available to let us test to ensure safety before gathering. ![]() We can beat this wave of COVID, but we need to get back to doing the things that kept us safe during previous waves: don’t gather indoors, wear your mask when around others, stay home even if you feel a tiny bit sick. I am hearing story after story of people infected after one member of a family attended a party or gathered indoors with friends, unintentionally bringing back infection to their whole household. Even people who have had boosters may experience mild, brief illness and could transmit it to others, including to young children and to older adults who are at high risk. “I cannot stress enough how important it is that Philadelphians who are not yet fully vaccinated and boosted take all possible precautions now. “The number of people testing positive for COVID is now far higher than at any point in the last two years, and emergency departments are packed with people with COVID symptoms” said Health Commissioner Dr. Philadelphia is averaging 1,462 new cases of COVID-19 per day over the last two weeks. Thus far during the pandemic, 196,945 Philadelphians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 4,194 have succumbed to the virus. In the last two weeks, 15.9 percent of COVID-19 tests in Philadelphia have come back positive. The Department of Health reports 509 patients with COVID-19 are currently being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, with a total of 45 on ventilators. Among eligible Philadelphians ages 12 and older, 71.4 percent are fully vaccinated, and 90 percent have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. ![]() 23 percent of 5-to-11-year-olds in Philadelphia have received at least one vaccine dose. Currently, 77.1 percent of Philadelphia adults are fully vaccinated, and 97.2 percent of Philadelphia adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine.Īll residents ages five and older are eligible to be vaccinated in Philadelphia. This brings the total number of fully vaccinated Philadelphians to at least 957,492, and the number of Philadelphians with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to at least 1,207,112. PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Department of Public Health today reported an additional 13,561 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Philadelphia since last reported on Thursday, December 23. ![]()
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