Sources and updates, June 26
Sources and updates for the week of June 26 include Paxlovid distribution, booster shot uptake, and a guide to government COVID-19 documents.
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Sources and updates, June 19
Sources and updates for the week of June 19 include data on testing trends, vaccines for kids, and Long COVID risk.
Read MoreSources and updates, May 29
Sources and updates for the week of May 29 include potential changes to hospitalization data reporting, new research on Omicron subvariants, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, May 15
Sources and updates for the week of May 15 include COVID-19 deaths that could’ve been prevented by vaccines, the CDC potentially losing access to key data, testing declines, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, May 8
Sources and updates for the week of May 8 include booster shots, vaccine attitudes, wastewater data, and source diversity.
Read MoreSources and updates, April 17
Sources and updates for the week of April 17 include two reports on wastewater surveillance, SARS-CoV-2 in animals, COVID-19 impacts by income, and more.
Read MoreSources and updates, March 27
Sources and updates for the week of March 27 include workplace violence for public health officials, at-home tests, and another round of booster shots.
Read MoreNational numbers, February 13
COVID-19 cases continue to decline across the U.S. as the country comes out of its Omicron surge. Nationwide, the U.S. reported an average of 215,000 new cases a day last week—a drop of about 75% from the peak of the Omicron surge, when nearly 800,000 new cases were reported each day.
Read MoreNational numbers, February 6
Nationwide, new COVID-19 case numbers have decreased for the third week in a row. The country reported an average of 378,000 new cases each day last week—about half the daily case number reported at the peak of the Omicron surge three weeks ago.
Read MoreAs Omicron hits schools, K-12 data void is wider than ever
Two years into the pandemic, you might think that, by now, schools would have figured out a strategy to continue teaching kids while keeping them safe from the coronavirus. Instead, the school situation is more chaotic than ever. Thousands of schools went online or closed entirely this week, likely more than in any other week since spring 2020. And yet: there is currently no national data source tracking COVID-19 cases in schools, and nine states fail to report any data on this crucial topic.
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