SEATTLE - As the temperatures around the country rise, people congregating indoors to avoid the head and those traveling for any summer activities are causing an increase in cases of COVID-19. Although health experts expect this summer's wave of infections to remain relatively mild, cases are growing or likely growing in 44 states and they don't appear to be declining anywhere in the country, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
Despite the reported hospitalizations and deaths remain low, more than half of the new infections are coming from a new strain. Descendants of the highly contagious JN.1, the KP.3 and KP.2 strains have been found in 53% of the COVID-19 cases reported by the CDC data as of June 22.
