
Our webinar answered common questions about following data for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

A historic COVID-19 lull in the U.S. has continued through late April. Disease levels in wastewater and as measured by the healthcare system are at their lowest in several years; I’m surprised to see this considering the continued lack of widespread health measures. BA.3.2 (or “Cicada”) remains on the horizon but doesn’t appear to be…

The U.S. is still in a lull between COVID-19 waves, as of mid-April, and the latest data indicate the lowest levels in a couple of years — maybe the lowest possible without more widespread precautions. BA.3.2 (or “Cicada”) is still on the horizon, but having limited impacts on U.S. cases so far.

COVID-19 levels continue to be on the lower end throughout most of the U.S., as we remain in a lull between waves. Variant trackers are closely following the lineage BA.3.2 (or “Cicada”); while it seems to not be driving widespread outbreaks yet, data are limited.

COVID-19 levels remain low to moderate across most of the U.S. as of early April, as we are in a lull between surges. Data trackers are closely watching the BA.3.2 variant (also called “Cicada”); it may be driving outbreaks in select locations, but is not causing major increases yet.

Here are the latest national COVID-19 trends, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and major wastewater surveillance providers: COVID-19 levels are low to moderate across most of the U.S., as we are in a lull between waves. But they are unlikely to get much lower without widespread public health measures.…

COVID-19 levels are relatively low across much of the U.S. as of late March — about as low as we generally see in plateaus between surges at this point in the pandemic, but still higher than what would be possible if widespread health precautions were still in place. Meanwhile, experts are monitoring a newer variant,…

The U.S.’s long winter COVID-19 wave is slowly coming to an end: all major metrics report declines or plateaus in SARS-CoV-2 spread across the country as of mid-March. Flu and RSV cases are declining, too.

National COVID-19 metrics continue to decline in the U.S., but they are moving slowly. This winter’s wave continues to reach into the spring. Flu indicators are also continuing to decline, while RSV levels are higher but may have peaked for this season.

After several weeks of little change in national COVID-19 levels, metrics are now trending down more definitively. This winter’s COVID-19 wave may have peaked at a lower point than we’ve seen in prior years, but it’s been a long one. And months of moderate-to-high viral spread add up in causing severe disease and new Long…
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