Covid-19

All available Covid-19 metrics suggest that the U.S. is a couple of weeks past the peak of this winter’s major surge. Hospital-related metrics, test positivity and SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater are all declining. However, some wastewater dashboards suggest we may be approaching a plateau in transmission, meaning the steep decline observed over the last two…

Two weeks of data now suggest this winter’s Covid-19 surge may have peaked in the U.S., with other respiratory viruses following a similar pattern. Disease levels are still very high across the country, though; it will be several more weeks before the country is out of this surge, and its full impacts will be hidden…

Multiple data sources suggest that the U.S.’s current Covid-19 surge may have peaked, with wastewater surveillance and healthcare system metrics showing potential declines in disease spread. But slight declines still lead us with incredibly high levels of SARS-CoV-2 across the country, along with other common viruses.

Covid-19 spread continues to increase across the country — along with the spread of other respiratory viruses — as the U.S. heads into our busiest period of travel and holiday gatherings. Despite this winter following the same disease trends as we saw the last three years, public health institutions have failed to prepare any better;…

Both Covid-19 and respiratory virus season metrics point to ongoing increases in disease spread across the country, though some regions (particularly the Midwest) are seeing more SARS-CoV-2 infections than others right now. The federal government continues to take insufficient responses to Covid-19 and other common diseases.