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A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at a school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, August 16, 2021. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
COVID-19 News: A Hospital System Overwhelmed, Booster Shots Update
August 17, 2021 • In the last two weeks or so, the number of new daily COVID-19 cases in the United States has increased by about 40 percent. Compared to a year ago — when we didn't have the vaccine — we have three times the number of new cases on average.
COVID-19 News: A Hospital System Overwhelmed, Booster Shots Update