Bivalent COVID-19 Immunizations Still Available at LBI Health Department

COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are at their lowest since the start of the pandemic. However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus still leads to “about 750 deaths per week in the U.S., or about 100 deaths per day,” Daniel J. Krupinski, health officer for the Long Beach Island Health Department, pointed out. “Keeping yourself up to date on the vaccine remains protective for preventing death and hospitalizations, and some data seems to suggest a benefit to preventing long COVID.”

Only about 17% of Americans have received the updated bivalent booster, said Krupinski.