Friday, December 17, 2021
Louisville remains in alert level red
 Here are the key COVID-19 data metrics for December 12, 2021:
- Louisville remains in the alert level red with an incidence rate of 40.2, nearly double the incidence rate of the previous week
- There were 2,161 new cases over the previous week.
- There were 8 deaths.
Hospitalization data:
- 202 patients currently hospitalized
- 40 patients in ICU
- 27 COVID-19 patients on ventilators
Vaccines
- 71% of Louisville residents have received at least one dose of vaccine
- 61.5% have completed the vaccine series
Going somewhere? Here's what you need to know
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Are you planning a trip? Regardless of vaccination status, everyone is required to wear a mask on planes, and show a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 1 day before returning to the U.S. from abroad. For COVID-19 testing sites click here and for community vaccination clinics, click here.
COVID-19 booster shots are your best protection
COVID-19 vaccines are working well to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death, even against the widely circulating delta variant. However, public health experts are starting to see reduced protection, especially among certain populations, against mild and moderate disease. With cases of COVID-19 still high across the United States and increasing in some parts of the country, and some early evidence that booster doses provide significant protection against the omicron variant, medical experts recommend people age 16 and older get a booster dose to ensure they are better protected against COVID-19.
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