A key indicator for tracking the spread of the COVID-19 virus has increased, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The summer surge of COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be slowing down — instead, a key indicator for tracking the spread of the virus has increased, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In an update shared Friday, official data showed wastewater activity for COVID-19 is now at a “moderate” level nationwide, up from “low” the previous week.

Wastewater levels for the virus are currently the highest in the Western U.S., the data also showed. States in this region showing high levels include: Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.

  • sykaster@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The wastewater testing is a great point, I didnt think they’d still be measuring that

        • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          5 hours ago

          Oh, sure. Ever since 2022, people have been sick of the reality, that the pandemic isn’t just neatly going away. Several states, including mine, have made it harder and harder to find the current wastewater data, let alone any other statistics. I currently just search for the exact title of the webpage, because otherwise it’s a link tree five pages deep, and I don’t want to have to play TheWikiGame every time I try to figure out how dangerous it is to be around people. The CDC data tracker was, at one point one to two years ago (haven’t checked recently, since I finally just starred it), so difficult to find in their mess of webpages that it took me no less than ten clicks to get to it. Every other screen wanted me to search “by county” (or just had vapid nonsense that was just watered down from their 2022 recommendations) because they had hidden the nationwide map away. This, to me, screams that they don’t want people seeing the screaming yellow and red all over the map every two months when they remember “oh yeah, COVID exists.”