{"id":42629,"date":"2025-08-08T19:08:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/covid-levels-rising-in-much-of-u-s-with-highest-in-west-cdc-says\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T19:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:08:52","slug":"covid-levels-rising-in-much-of-u-s-with-highest-in-west-cdc-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/covid-levels-rising-in-much-of-u-s-with-highest-in-west-cdc-says\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID levels rising in much of U.S., with highest in West, CDC says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-19-cases-rise-summer-2025-cdc-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">summer surge of COVID-19<\/a><\/span> doesn&#8217;t appear to be slowing down \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nwss\/rv\/COVID19-national-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In an update<\/a> shared Friday, official data showed wastewater activity for COVID-19 is now at a &#8220;moderate&#8221; level nationwide, up from &#8220;low&#8221; the previous week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wastewater monitoring can detect viruses spreading from one person to another within a community earlier than clinical testing and before people who are sick go to their doctor or hospital,&#8221; the CDC notes. &#8220;If you see increased wastewater viral activity levels, it might indicate that there is a higher risk of infection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other metrics are also showing increases in the illness. As of Tuesday, the CDC estimates COVID-19 infections are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cfa-modeling-and-forecasting\/rt-estimates\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">growing or likely growing in 45 states<\/a>, which is up from 40 states last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And although the weekly percentage of emergency room visits for COVID-19 is overall low \u2014 compared to the week before, ER visits for the infection <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#maps_percent-covid-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">have also risen<\/a> from last week. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the nation saw the number of COVID cases increase last month, CBS News chief medical correspondent <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-19-cases-rise-summer-2025-cdc-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dr. Jon LaPook told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221;<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that this is typical of what we&#8217;ve come to understand about summer spikes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We now know that there&#8217;s a winter spike and then there&#8217;s a summer spike,&#8221; he said at the time. &#8220;And every year, the number of deaths, the number of hospitalizations, is gradually going down each season. 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