influenza

COVID-19 trends for the last week of November are similar to the rest of the month: disease levels are increasing in the Midwest and Northeast, but less so in the West and South. Our latest data include the Thanksgiving holiday, but not the full extent of outbreaks that followed it. Meanwhile, flu spread is accelerating…

COVID-19 trends in the U.S. remain similar to their status over the last few weeks: at a moderate plateau nationally, with all metrics reporting very little change. There are a few states that have reported increases in recent weeks, but it’s difficult to tell if these are more isolated hotspots or early signs of a…

National COVID-19 metrics in the U.S. reported slight declines this week, indicating that we’re still in a moderate disease period between surges. SARS-CoV-2 levels appear to be trending back down in the Northeast following recent increases. Even in these “lower-risk” periods, COVID-19 still causes hundreds of deaths each week — a fact that government leaders…

The COVID-19 picture in the U.S. continues to look similar to what we’ve seen over the last few weeks: moderate disease spread, declining very slowly or staying consistent in most places. While there are signals of potential increases for some parts of the Northeast and West Coast, it’s too soon to say if a spring/summer…

COVID-19 levels in the U.S. have remained at about the same, moderate level for the last couple of weeks. In the most recent data, some sources report slight increases, while others report slight decreases. It seems unlikely that disease spread will get much lower this spring before going up again, renewed by further travel, gatherings,…

COVID-19 levels continue to slowly decline in the U.S. as we move into a period of more moderate disease spread. While it’s always good news to see decreases, the lulls between surges still represent tens of thousands of new infections each day — each of which can lead to potential severe symptoms and Long COVID.…