Last Updated: February 2, 2024
Key Takeaways
- Diagnosis rates for COVID-19, flu, and RSV have decreased for five weeks in a row. But indicators suggest this decline may be slowing. Rates remain elevated and well above annual averages.
- Hospital admissions for COVID-19 and flu have decreased steadily since late December. Models suggest this trend will continue through late February. COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy is now classified as “low”.
- Norovirus rates stabilized in the region. Wastewater data suggest that national norovirus activity is high and continuing to increase.
- Nationally, reported syphilis cases (all stages and congenital) are at their highest level since the 1950s. Virginia ranks below national rates. Nevertheless, total early syphilis cases increased 14% between 2018 and 2022 in the Commonwealth.
- China reports first human case of H10N5 influenza (avian origin).
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