Advisory Board August 27, 2024
As cases of COVID-19 continue to grow across the United States, FDA has approved updated vaccines from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
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COVID-19 surges across the US
According to CDC data, the test positivity rate for COVID-19 was 18% for the week ending Aug. 17, one of the highest positivity rates recorded since January 2022. Wastewater surveillance also shows that 32 states have reported “very high” levels of wastewater viral activity.
Currently, the KP.3.1.1 variant makes up almost 37% of all COVID-19 cases, followed by the related KP.3 variant at 17%. These variants are also known as FLirT based on their mutations, and are the fastest growing omicron subvariants circulating across the United States.
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