Nationwide, the CDC says the COVID virus level in wastewater is now 'high' for the first time since last winter.
More than half of states are now seeing 'high' or 'very high' levels of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 , in their wastewater testing, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as this summer's COVID wave reaches a growing share of the country.Nationwide, the CDC now says that the overall level of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater is 'high' for the first time since this past winter.
Other countries have also seen COVID-19 trends rise this summer earlier than last year. In the United Kingdom, COVID-19 hospitalizations are at levels not seen since February. But there are signs now that this summer wave may have now reached its peak across some states in this region, where the virus first picked up steam.
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