Key Takeaways
- COVID-19 surveillance indicates a slow sustained decline. COVID-like illness visits, and emergency department (ED) diagnoses, are now at rates not seen since late August.
- COVID-19 hospital admissions rates have also decreased. Models suggest this trend will continue into November.
- RSV rates continue a slow upward tick in Virginia. ED diagnoses and RSV detections have doubled since September. Overall rates are still low, but RSV has surged in the Southeastern states.
- Federal security agencies noted an increased risk of attacks associated with the conflict in the middle east, emphasizing potential lone wolf attacks on Jewish, Muslim, and Arab communities. Sometimes rowdy protests related to the conflict have occurred nationally.
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