Last Updated: June 23, 2023
Key Takeaways
- Case rates of COVID-19 remain low across the Commonwealth. Hospitalization rates for both COVID-19 and Influenza are at the lowest levels recorded all year. Wastewater surveillance reports most sites have viral loads too small to detect, with only one site reporting an increase in viral loads in the last week.
- Heatwaves continue to pummel Texas and surrounding states. Several hundred thousand remain without power in the area, and two deaths have been reported so far. The National Weather Service expects this heatwave to continue into next week. Heatwaves have also killed over 170 in India and are also affecting China, Mexico, and the UK.
- Temperatures are expected to rise across Virginia next week, though a heatwave like the one in Texas is not expected.
- Pfizer has warned of an impending shortage of long-acting injection antibiotics. These drugs are typically used to treat pneumonia and sexually transmitted diseases.
- Brazil has reported a new fatal human case of H1N1 swine flu. The CDC is assisting Brazilian officials with the investigation. The threat of sustained person-to-person transmission remains low.
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