Americans who had normal immune response to first two shots and are getting a booster will need a half dose. But immunocompromised Americans need a full dose for their third shot to try to initiate the immune response they didn't get from the first two.
Alaska currently has the country's highest infection rate, followed by Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, West Virginia and Idaho, according to federal data.
In the Department of Health and Human Services' Mountain Region – which includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming -- hospital admissions are at their highest point in nearly 10 months, according to federal data.Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health nurses Crys Kuntz, left, and Sara Nelson confer inside the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, N.D., where vehicles were lined up for the weekly drive-thru COVID-19 testing, Sept. 8, 2020.
In the last five weeks, Michigan daily cases have nearly doubled and Minnesota daily cases have nearly tripled, according to federal data.Over the last month, the U.S. has reported more than 47,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, including nearly 9,000 deaths recorded in the last week, according to federal data.
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