Advisory Board July 25, 2024
According to recent data from CDC, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging this summer, but overall levels remain significantly lower than earlier points in the pandemic.
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COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise
It’s not completely clear exactly how many people are contracting COVID-19 at any point because of a lack of testing and the fact that so many infections are mild enough that people don’t test, STAT reports.
However, recent CDC wastewater numbers say that viral activity is “high” in July, and that 26 states are seeing either “high” or “very high” levels of the coronavirus. Similarly, WastewaterSCAN, which is a private initiative that tracks municipal wastewater data, found there’s been a 54% increase in...