Betsy Ladyzhets

Following the trends of the last few weeks, national Covid-19 metrics continue to decrease across the board. Current lulls in disease spread still indicate thousands of people are getting infected daily, though, when compared to the true low points reported in earlier years when mass Covid-19 precautions were still common.

Covid-19 metrics continue to slowly trend down as the end of this past winter’s surge recedes into a lower-risk spring, with reports from wastewater suggesting that the decline in transmission is leveling off. However, these low points come with a lot more virus spread than they used to in the early years of the pandemic,…

Downward Covid-19 trends continue across the major national data sources, as the U.S. keeps inching toward a lower-risk spring and summer. Flu and other respiratory viruses are trending down, too, though there are still a lot of pathogens going around.

Most national Covid-19 metrics point to continued slow declines in disease spread across the U.S. While the country is inching toward a lower-risk spring, levels of SARS-CoV-2 and other common viruses are still high in some places, particularly in the South and Midwest.