Cases of other respiratory illnesses, including flu and RSV, are also on the rise.

Several key COVID-19 trends that authorities track are now accelerating around the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. It’s the first major nationwide uptick in the spread of the virus seen in months.

The largest increases are in the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic, the agency said in its weekly report updated Friday, though virtually all regions of the country are now seeing accelerations.

Data reported by the agency from emergency rooms and wastewater sampling have tracked some of the steepest increases so far this season in the region spanning Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Rates of infections of nursing home residents across this Midwestern region have also soared in recent weeks, higher than in most other parts of the country, approaching levels not seen since the peak of last winter’s COVID-19 wave.

  • DragonTypeWyvern
    262·
    1 year ago

    And no one got the new boosters.

    Immunity drops off fast, and you need regular boosters, it’s just a fact.

    • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
      51·
      1 year ago

      My boss got the new booster and still got COVID over Thanksgiving. She likes to work while she’s sick (usually from home) and it still knocked her on her butt to the point where she actually only worked a few minutes each day.

      • CeeBee@lemmy.world
        161·
        1 year ago

        It likely still helped to a degree. Meaning it may have been even worse had she not gotten the booster.

        • ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
          51·
          1 year ago

          I’m sure it did help some. She is not as careful as she should be, probably, but at least she stays current on her vaccines (and masks up on planes).