Coronavirus boosters cut hospitalization risk by at least 50%, CDC data shows

Adults who received the updated covid-19 booster shots are better protected against the disease than those who haven’t, cutting their risk of having to visit an emergency room or being hospitalized by 50 percent or more, according to new federal data.

Covid-19 cases are averaging above 66,000 a day for the first time since mid-September, and deaths are averaging about 400 a day for the past seven days, according to the CDC.

At this time last year, there were twice as many covid-19 cases and about 70,000 people hospitalized,Jeanne Marrazzo, director of infectious diseases at University of Alabama in Birmingham, said the“Pretty amazing that both studies could show a significant effect so quickly, given that the vaccine wasn’t even available till Sept. 1,” she wrote in an email.

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