COVID-19 Markers Continue Upward Trend Across US, CDC Says

Emergency department visits related to COVID-19 are low but are on the rise, the agency said.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (in yellow) emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. The virus causes COVID-19. NIAID-RML/AP/The Canadian Press

COVID-19 activity is increasing in many areas of the United States, although the overall respiratory virus level across the country is considered “very low,” according to federal officials.

An update released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Aug. 22 states that COVID-19 emergency department visits are still “low” but are “increasing among all ages and highest in young children.”