Briefing reporters for the first time in nearly two months, state public health leaders didn’t unveil any new policy changes but they placed a heavy emphasis on the need to boost vaccinations to head off the highly contagious delta strain, which they said is now driving 75 percent of new cases.
That growth “means trouble for people who never got vaccinated,†Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm told reporters.
COVID-19 case counts have been trending upward for about the past month, although at a much slower pace so far than what the state saw during mid-April or late fall.
Nearly 70 percent of state residents 16 and older have received at least one vaccination shot.
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