Not Over Yet: Late-Summer COVID Wave Brings Warning of More to Come
A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces and local government, as experts warned the public to brace for even more COVID-19 spread this fall and winter. Hospitalizations increased 24% in a two-week period ending Aug. 12, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wastewater monitoring suggests a recent rise in COVID infections in the West and Northeast. In communities across the United States, outbreaks have occurred