There a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again

COVID-19 cases are rising again as summer progresses, according to infectious disease experts, even as other outbreaks draw headlines. Dr. John Brooks of Emory University says the U.S. is in the midst of a growing summer surge, with spread strongest in the South and West but also increasing in the Northeast and Midwest. He notes that levels remain very low and the current wave appears to be milder than in past years, with fewer hospitalizations and deaths. Epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers of Johns Hopkins cautions COVID-19 can still be dangerous for older adults, infants, and immunocompromised people. COVID tends to spike twice yearly, in winter and summer, though the cause of summer seasonality is unclear.