CDC Says ‘Very High’ COVID-19 Levels Reported in 32 States

Two new variants of the virus account for more than half of all reported U.S. cases, the agency said.

An electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects), which causes COVID-19, emerging from cultured cells. NIAID via The Epoch Times

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that COVID-19 levels across the United States are currently “very high” in more than half of the states, with Omicron variants KP.3 and KP.3.1.1 accounting for about half of all cases.

Citing wastewater data as of Aug. 15, the CDC said that “very high” COVID-19 levels are being observed in 32 states and the District of Columbia, and “high” levels are being observed in 11 states. All of the states along the West Coast and the Mountain states are in the “very high” range, according to the CDC.