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COVID is clawing its way back around D.C.
Aug 21, 2023
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/08/21/covid-summer-wave-eg5
More people around the D.C. area are wearing masks again while out and about — even outdoors.
- That's because COVID-19 is back on the upswing, according to closely watched metrics.
Driving the news: The amount of COVID in D.C.'s wastewater has been climbing steadily since late June, per data from the CDC's wastewater surveillance contractor Biobot.
- And the District's hospitalization rate rose 29% between June and July, Alex Fitzpatrick and Kavya Beheraj report.
Meanwhile, Maryland's rate jumped 39% during the same time period.
- Virginia's rate increased by 15%.
The big picture: The average COVID hospitalization rate nationwide rose about 17% between June and July, per the CDC.