Newsy overview of the COVID-19 data While cases have been spiking in recent weeks, numbers are still much lower than they were earlier this year. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 and last updated 2021-08-03 20:09:42-04 I know we've talked a lot about new restrictions and rising cases but let's take a step back and focus on the data. A chart of new COVID cases in the U.S. since the beginning of the years shows that cases have jumped sharply over the last few weeks, but we're still nowhere close to where we were in January.