Key Takeaways
- All but two Virginia localities remain at low COVID-19 community levels, and all regions are at minimal influenza levels (though statewide the influenza level is low). OEP will continue to provide information on COVID-19, influenza, and other respiratory diseases in this update, but is pausing the respiratory disease section until fall.
- The White House declared Xylazine an emerging threat when mixed with fentanyl. Xylazine-positive overdose deaths increased in all four Census regions between 2020 to 2021, with the largest increase in the South Region, which includes Virginia.
- Pertussis cases in the US had a 48% increase from 2021 to 2022 based on the CDC’s provisional reports. Nineteen cases have been identified in Maine, which is twice the amount reported during this time last year.
VDH OEP Weekly Situation Update.
UVA Biocomplexity Institute Slides.
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