July 11, 2024 – As of June 29, emergency division visits for COVID-19-related diseases elevated 18.4% and hospitalizations elevated 13.3% from the earlier week, the CDC discovered. Based on the CDC and Becker's Hospital Assessment, the CDC warned on June 28 {that a} summer season surge could possibly be approaching earlier than the summer season holidays. Nonetheless, on July 5, the CDC reported that the variety of respiratory diseases requiring well being care visits was low nationwide, with no jurisdiction experiencing average, excessive, or very excessive exercise. Whereas COVID exercise has elevated since April and Might, it stays low.

The newest information from the CDC reveals that the KP.3, KP.2, LB.1, and KP.1.1 variants are the 4 main subvariants of the JN lineage of the virus at the moment infecting individuals within the U.S. The 5 states with the very best will increase in COVID-19 ED visits as of June 29 are: Nebraska: 82.1% Georgia: 57.3%, Idaho: 56.6%, Louisiana: 39.4%, and West Virginia: 34.9%.

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