Recent US COVID indicators mostly show declines

Most US COVID markers show declines Deaths were up a bit, but hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and test positivity trended downward. CIDRAP

COVID metrics showed more declines last week, though deaths from the virus—one of its severity indicators—rose 4.2% compared to the previous week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data update. Deaths were up a bit in a number of states but were up more sharply in Oregon.

However, hospitalizations for COVID, which the CDC also uses to track severity, declined 5% over the past week. Levels are low for most of the country, except for parts of the upper midwest and northwest, where several counties are in the moderate range.

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