COVID-19 exercise stays elevated throughout a lot of the United States, however some areas of the nation are seeing some declines, because the proportion of KP.3.1.1 variant continues to rise, the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) stated at this time in its newest updates.
Nationally, wastewater detections of SARS-CoV-2 are on the very excessive degree for the second straight week. The best ranges are nonetheless within the West and South, adopted by the Midwest and the Northeast. The CDC’s newest replace, nevertheless, exhibits downward tendencies from excessive ranges within the South and Midwest.
For respiratory virus exercise normally, the nation’s ranges are low, with most sicknesses attributable to COVID, with flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ranges nonetheless low, the CDC stated in its newest snapshot. It famous an upward pattern for RSV, although.
COVID indicators present that the burden is highest in folks ages 65 and older and in kids youthful than 2 years previous.
KP.3.1.1 variant continues to rise
The proportion of KP.3.1.1 variant continues to rise, the CDC stated in its newest variant proportion estimates. KP.3.1.1, considered one of many JN.1 offshoots, is assumed to extra simply evade immunity from earlier an infection and vaccination. The variant now makes up 36.8% of sequences, up from 22.8% within the earlier 2 weeks.
Among the many CDC’s different metrics, check positivity rose barely final week and is at 18.1% nationally, however was highest in Texas and surrounding states. Emergency division visits for COVID declined a bit from the earlier week, however are nonetheless on the reasonable degree in elements of the South.
Hospitalization ranges are declining from an early-August peak. Deaths from COVID proceed to rise, nevertheless, up 18.7% from the earlier week.
