The average test positivity in the past four weeks nationwide through September 23 was 13.8 percent, according to latest data from the CDC.
Residents in the central South and Midwest have experienced the highest rates of positive COVID-19 tests in the past four weeks, according toOf approximately 44,664 antigen tests taken in a month's time concluding on September 23, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas saw 17.7 percent of tests. Meanwhile, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri saw 15.9 percent of an approximate test volume of 18,000 individuals return positive results.A map of U.S.
A CDC update issued on Thursday reported that nationwide the prevalence was around 11.6 percent of tests undertaken. As of September 15, the CDC said that the COVID subvariants EG.5 and BA.2.86 do"not appear to be rapidly increasing or driving increases in infections or hospitalizations," in the U.S.
A CDC panel of advisers voted 13-1 in favor of its broad use for individuals 6 months and older due to fears of increased respiratory illnesses nationwide this fall and winter. "In studies that have been recently conducted, the extent of neutralization observed by the updated vaccines against currently circulating viral variants causing COVID-19, including EG.5 and BA.2.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Maryland, Idaho, Nevada and Minnesota were also among that group—viewed to be on the higher end of the spectrum after cases have decreased following a short-lived surge in the summer months. Deaths also remain low nationally.Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground.Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek reporter based in Michigan.
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