SARS-CoV-2 virus wastewater levels are fairly low across the United States now which is good news. XBB.1.5 is slowly being pushed out of first place by several other XBB subvariants including XBB.1.16 which represents 14% of cases this week. XBB.1.16 levels are no longer doubling and are only increasing by about 2% per week, so it is not expected to cause a new wave. There are still more than 1000 people dying of COVID each week in the US, and while this is much better than most of the pandemic, we need to be vigilant.
COVID news and more 5/13/23
COVID news and more 5/13/23
COVID news and more 5/13/23
SARS-CoV-2 virus wastewater levels are fairly low across the United States now which is good news. XBB.1.5 is slowly being pushed out of first place by several other XBB subvariants including XBB.1.16 which represents 14% of cases this week. XBB.1.16 levels are no longer doubling and are only increasing by about 2% per week, so it is not expected to cause a new wave. There are still more than 1000 people dying of COVID each week in the US, and while this is much better than most of the pandemic, we need to be vigilant.