US COVID levels decine, with few flu detections --CDC

US COVID levels drop, with few flu detections CDC wastewater tracking shows SARS-CoV-2 detections are now at the low level nationally. CIDRAP

COVID activity in the United States continues to decline, and seasonal flu markers show no upticks, according to the latest respiratory disease updates today from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For COVID, test positivity has declined to 7.7% nationally, but is a little higher in the Western region that includes the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Emergency department visits for COVID continue to decline. Hospitalizations remain on a downward trend. Deaths also declined, though CDC provisional data show 424 people died from their COVID infections last week.

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