CDC data show a summer Covid wave building across the US
Test positivity has topped 3% for the first time since March, with the South and West leading a rise health officials say fits Covid's pattern of twice-yearly surges.
What to know
- CDC test positivity for the week ending August 8 exceeded 3% for the first time since March, rising in every US state.
- The increase is occurring before the traditional fall/winter respiratory season, which flu and RSV have not yet entered.
- Federal surveillance has narrowed since the pandemic peak — labs no longer report negative tests and hospitals no longer report specific bed capacity — making it harder to gauge true spread.
- Health officials and commenters note Covid has produced a summer wave every year since 2020, unlike flu and RSV's single annual peak.
“Now we just know when we get a positive test, and we don’t even have clinical data sometimes to put that in context.”
Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama state health officer · CNN · Aug 19
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Is it too much to ask that major news media actually be informed and report accurately about # COVID19 ? Yes, COVID is rising now in most of the US. No, this has NOTHING to do with respiratory virus season. COVID has surged EVERY SINGLE SUMMER since 2020, and then it surges again when other viruses rise in winter. (COVID has never settled into the…