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US President Donald Trump (R) listens as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\nMore than a dozen states are reporting positive cases on the rise. The epicentre is a five-state region where the virus is most active. The true number of positive cases is likely to be much higher<\/p>\n
05:55 ET, 30 Aug 2025Updated 10:23 ET, 30 Aug 2025<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump (R) listens as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
A late summer surge of Covid-19 is spreading across the US from a cluster of South Central states, latest data shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n The spike is highest across a region covering Arkansas,<\/a> New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tracking from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows 15% of COVID tests in this clutch of states turning up positive.<\/a><\/p>\n The figures almost certainly don’t reflect the true surge in cases. Experts say the real numbers are underreported as more people ignore symptoms or take at-home kits instead of lab tests. This comes as RFK Jr. is planning a Covid vaccine ‘ban in months’ despite the risks attached.<\/a><\/p>\n The entire Western half of the country is seeing a spike in cases. A further dozen states say positive test rates are currently at 10%.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Bill Clinton sparks major health fears after latest appearance at airport<\/a>READ MORE: Fired CDC director slams Trump for ‘reckless directives’ as three other officials resign<\/a><\/p>\n It comes after several officials within CDC resigned<\/a> from the agency after they accused President Donald Trump<\/a> of “weaponizing” public health.<\/p>\n A CDC panel is expected to meet in September to discuss access to shots and affordability. Testing sewage and wastewater is often a good indicator of how many people are sick.<\/p>\n Wastewater data shows five states with ‘very high’ virus activity levels. These are Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas and Utah.<\/p>\n The CDC says: “Wastewater monitoring can detect viruses spreading from one person to another within a community earlier than clinical testing and before people who are sick go to their doctor or hospital. It can also detect infections without symptoms.”<\/p>\n If you can’t see the map below, click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n It is not unusual to see Covid active during the summer, reports The Hill.<\/a> Every year since the pandemic the warmer months have seen a similar pattern<\/p>\n Epidemiologists say the chances of the virus spreading are increased when people spend time in air-conditioned spaces.<\/p>\n There is more interaction among the population too as people tend to travel more in the summer and increase chances of exposure.<\/p>\n Dr Ziyad Al-Aly a senior epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis, told the New York Times, that immunity could be fading for those given a Covid-19 shot last fall.<\/p>\n The Food and Drug Administration this week approved updated Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax vaccines for seniors, but narrowed access for younger adults and children without high-risk conditions.<\/p>\n Earlier this week the Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <\/a>was ousted from her position <\/a>after less than a month on the job, with three top officials following behind, signaling a mass exodus from the agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen states are reporting positive cases on the rise. The epicentre is a five-state region…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5027,7824,210,358,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-189094","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-arkansas","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115122623281820377","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Screenshot-2025-08-30-102623_result.png\")
The latest positive cases of COVID-19 in the US(Image: CDC)<\/p>\n