COVID-19 levels in the United States were at their lowest of the pandemic in April and May, but growth in activity across several states indicate the possible start of a summer rise, the CDC said Friday, June 28 in its latest respiratory disease snapshot.
“CDC will continue to monitor to see if these recent increases persist,” the agency said, adding that rates of COVID hospitalizations are rising in adults ages 65 and older in some western locations.
On Thursday, June 27, the California Department of Public Health said on X it is seeing an uptick in COVID activity in the state and it urged people to take steps to prevent disease spread, such as staying home and testing when sick, seeking treatment if positive, and masking when indoors. Learn more on cidrap.umn.edu.