{"id":10235,"date":"2024-07-19T11:43:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=10235"},"modified":"2024-07-19T11:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T16:43:45","slug":"cdc-figures-show-covid-at-very-high-levels-in-7-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=10235","title":{"rendered":"CDC Figures Show COVID At “Very High” Levels In 7 US States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FRIDAY, JUL 19, 2024 – Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent wastewater data published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that COVID-19 levels are \u201cvery high\u201d in about a half-dozen states and at \u201chigh\u201d levels in even more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of the agency\u2019s most recent update<\/a>, about 26 states are currently seeing \u201chigh\u201d or \u201cvery high\u201d levels of COVID-19 activity in wastewater. <\/strong>Other agency metrics show<\/a> that the virus is on the rise across the United States, including the number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WastewaterSCAN, a private organization that tracks wastewater, shows<\/a> that COVID-19 is currently at a \u201chigh\u201d level across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite the latest figures, the current increase in COVID-19 activity is nowhere near the levels seen in the early days of the pandemic or even last year, according to historical data published<\/a> by the CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of the week ending June 29 6, 2024, 259 deaths were recorded across the United States<\/strong>. In comparison, there were thousands of deaths reported each week during earlier peaks of COVID-19, since March 2020, according to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, the White House on Wednesday evening said President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms and will now be isolating at his home in Delaware. A scheduled speech in Las Vegas, Nevada, was canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevada was among the states classified by the CDC as having \u201cvery high\u201d levels of COVID-19 activity. Other states with very high levels include Oregon, California, Texas, Arkansas, Maryland, and Florida, the CDC\u2019s map shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

States with \u201chigh\u201d levels include Alaska, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Idaho, Washington state, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Louisiana, Missouri, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Connecticut, and Maine, according to the CDC. President Biden\u2019s home state of Delaware is seeing \u201cmoderate\u201d levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president, who is 81, is considered in the age group that federal officials consider at the highest risk of developing severe disease from COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House confirmed that President Biden started taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug made by Pfizer that specifically targets COVID-19. He received an updated booster vaccine last year, officials said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor, the president\u2019s physician, said in a note that the president  \u201cpresented this afternoon with upper respiratory symptoms, to include rhinorrhea (runny nose) and non-productive cough, with general malaise.\u201d After the positive COVID-19 test, President Biden was given his first dose of Paxlovid, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden was slated to speak at the UnidosUS event in Las Vegas Wednesday afternoon as part of an effort to rally Hispanic voters ahead of the November election. Instead, he departed for the airport to fly to Delaware, where he had already been planning to spend a long weekend at his home in Rehoboth Beach, the White House said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president last tested positive for COVID-19 in the summer of 2022, when he had a primary case and a rebound case of the virus several weeks later. At the time, he was also prescribed Paxlovid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CDC has recommended<\/a> that adults of all ages and children aged six months and older receive the most updated vaccine, although a number of studies published<\/a> over the years have called<\/a> into question the effectiveness of the vaccines and boosters.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ongoing COVID-19 uptick is occurring alongside increases of two KP variants and the related LB.1, in which all three accounted for about 85 percent of new cases as of early July, the CDC said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late last month, a CDC spokesperson David Daigle told The Epoch Times that the LB.1 variant \u201chas the potential to infect some people more easily based on a single deletion in a spike protein\u201d but stressed \u201cthere is currently no evidence that LB.1 causes more severe disease.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, Mr. Daigle said COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and deaths remain low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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