COVID Update: “Based on increased COVID-19 activity we have experienced around this time in past years, we expect COVID-19 activity to increase again in the coming weeks,” says Gabe Alvarado, a CDC public affairs specialist in the Office of Communications. “There are signs in some parts of the country that a summer wave could be starting. However, it is too early to know whether activity is more than expected compared to the summer wave we experienced in 2024.” The CDC COVID Data Tracker, which is updated twice weekly, currently estimates that for the week ending July 26, 2025, test positivity was 6.5%, a slight increase from the previous week’s rate of 4.9%.
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