This Week in MMWR - Vol. 70, May 21, 2021

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Reports on COVID-19 and Child Care Facilities, Contraceptive Use, and more

May 21, 2021

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WEEKLY REPORT

	Characteristics of COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks at Child Care Facilities — District of Columbia, July–December 2020 Among 469 child care facilities in the District of Columbia, 23.9% reported at least one COVID-19 case, and 5.8% reported outbreak-associated cases during July 1–December 31, 2020.

• Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water — United States, 2015–2019
• Update to U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use: Self-Administration of Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
• Characteristics of COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks at Child Care Facilities — District of Columbia, July–December 2020
• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Aged 12–15 years — United States, May 2021
• Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel — 33 U.S. Sites, January–March 2021
• Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural Counties — United States, December 14, 2020–April 10, 2021

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QUICKSTATS

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Four Selected Mechanisms of Injury — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1979–2019

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of May 3

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live. This week’s episode covers three reports including one detailing how high levels of COVID-19 vaccination and measures like wearing masks and distancing will likely keep deaths low and two others describing variants currently spreading in the U.S. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.