a covid-19 wave has surged in all US regions know the symptoms and new variant the US is experiencing its largest wave in covid-19 cases since January to help Public Health experts stop outbreaks the Centers for Disease Control and prevention continues to test waste water which acts as an early warning system for outbreaks Wastewater sample data shows a region trend of Co 19 significantly growing right now the kp. 3.1.1 variant makes up nearly 37% of the cases its related strain kp3 follows a 177% according to CDC data data collected late last week by the CDC showed that 32 states have reported very high levels of Wastewater viral activity Nationwide covid-19 Wastewater monitoring by region even in cases when a community's residents are not showing symptoms it is possible to test Wastewater for the presence of infectious diseases the data from the CDC can detect possible changes in the levels of illness in your region certain regions have been more severely affected than others western states have had the most reported cases States face covid-19 late summer surge the the CDC estimates that covid-19 infections will grow or likely grow in 25 states decline or likely decline in five states and remain stable in 17 States at this point covid-19 can be described as emic throughout the world Aaron Hall deputy director for science at the cdc's Corona virus and other respiratory viruses division told NPR in an IND view there's a new dominant covid-19 variant FLIR the covid-19 virus continues to be a notorious Shape Shifter today there are more than 26 variants of original covid-19 strain the newest variant flirt includes kp3 kp. 3.1.1 and kp2 since early spring these trains have been the fastest growing Omicron subvariant circulating in in all US regions symptoms of covid-19 the flirt variant symptoms are typically milder than past variants from the pandemic which include fever cuffing exhaustion and loss of smell or taste according to the John's Hopkins University on the cdc's website symptoms can range in severity from mild to severe and can appear 2 to 14 days after a viral exposure contributing ahan fobs and George patris sour Centers for Disease Control and prevention John's Hopkins University and USA Today research we appreciate you keeping up with us on the most recent covid-19 developments in the United States in order to keep others informed as well kindly like and share this video if you find it useful have opinions or inquiries about the symptoms or no no variant we'd be delighted to hear from you if you put them in the comment section below remember to subscribe to our channel in order to receive more important updates regarding health and safety press the alert icon to ensure you never Overlook a crucial update we'll see you in the future video so be careful