Agenda Items ▸ City Manager's Agenda
CMA 2022-1
A COVID-19 update
How it started
Jan 10, 2022 · Submitted by Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager.
What happened
Jan 10, 2022 · ✅ Adopted: the Council approved it (Order adopted, unanimous)
Voted yes (9), unanimous
Dennis Carlone
Patty Nolan
Alanna Mallon
Marc McGovern
Sumbul Siddiqui
E. Denise Simmons
Quinton Zondervan
Burhan Azeem
Paul F. Toner
The document Agenda item attachment · 9 pages
Omicron Update
• Omicron variant is driving the January surge. • MDPH/Broad Institute estimate: Omicron accounts for over 95% of MA cases. • A growing body of evidence suggests Omicron is more transmissible but causes less severe illness than Delta. • Vaccination, especially boosters, is helping prevent severe illness and death. • The high volume of new infections are challenging hospitals in MA and U.S. Cambridge 4
MA COVID-19 Hospitalizations
4,000-
Number of COVID-19 Patients in Hospital
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