COVID-19 Update for the United States

Test Positivity

% Test Positivity

17.0%

Week ending August 24, 2024

Previous week 17.8%

Emergency Department Visits

% Diagnosed as COVID-19

2.5%

Week ending August 24, 2024

Previous week 2.6%

These early indicators represent a portion of national COVID-19 tests and emergency department visits. Wastewater information also provides early indicators of spread.

 

Severity Indicators

Hospitalizations

Rate per 100,000 population

4.6

Week ending August 10, 2024

Previous week 4.4

Aug 10, 2024

Deaths

% of All Deaths in U.S. Due to COVID-19

2.2%

Week ending August 24, 2024

Previous week 1.9%

 

 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

RAPID ONSITE or PCR ANTIBODY TESTS are available. respiratory panels allow for COVid, rsv, Flu, Mono and other pathogens to be tested. additional point of care testing include Strep, Urine analysis, Pregnancy, and glucose. full lab testing panels are available at request

Labs results for PCR are usually available within 24-48 hours.

Rapid Flu/COVID-19/Strep Testing onsite

Don't delay, whether it is for travel, work, or school.

  • PCR is the Gold Standard for Covid testing which is sent to the lab.
  • Rapid Antigen test is done onsite when an immediate answer is needed.

If test is positive; quarantine and stop the spread.

 

IGG Antibody Titers

  • Every test has the possibility of a false positive and false negative.
  • A positive antibody titer implies you have had a previous infection with a coronavirus, likely but not limited to Covid-19.
  • A positive antibody titer does NOT necessarily mean that you are immune from getting Covid-19 again or that you cannot infect other people.
  • A negative antibody titer implies that you have not yet developed antibodies to Covid-19/Corona subtypes. This implies that either you have not been infected, your infection may have been too mild, or your immune system did not respond to the infection. Either way you may be at risk for the infection.