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Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, as this year’s summer wave of the virus appears to be getting underway.
The agency’s modeling suggests that the uptick is in “many” Southeast, Southern and West Coast states, the CDC said in its weekly update.
COVID-19 activity nationwide, however, is still considered “low,” based on data from wastewater samples, although that is up from “very low” the week before.
Some of the highest rates of COVID-19 in emergency rooms are in the Pacific Northwest, which saw a steep rise in ER visits during June, and in the Southeast, which has seen rates steadily inch up for weeks. Rates are now the highest they’ve been since February and March in those regions.