COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking.
Colorado projects COVID hospitalizations could hit 500 by June as Denver moves to “yellow” risk level
The pandemic is now 2 1/2 years old. And the U.S. has seen — depending how you count them — five waves of COVID-19 during that time, with the later surges driven by mutated versions of the coronavirus. A fifth wave occurred mainly in December and January, caused by the omicron variant.Some experts are worried the country now is seeing signs of a sixth wave, driven by an omicron subvariant.
In late February, as that wave was ebbing, the CDC released a new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 was easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals. In the last week, an additional 8% of Americans were living in a county in medium or high COVID-19 community levels.
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