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ALT States with observed outbreaks include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawai’i, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. Additional states with poor monitoring likely have outbreaks based on high levels in bordering counties in adjacent states.

ALT The US has at least 29 states/territories with COVlD outbreaks. These include much of Hawai’i, Alaska, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Maine. There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 29 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. All of the data in Oregon are at least a week old, and while we do not count the state among the 29, we estimate there are likely outbreaks there as well, given proximity to WA, CA, and NV. Levels in some Texas counties are so high – on par with the national peak of BA.1 Omicron – that it drives up estimates for counties in neighboring states that lack CDC wastewater monitoring systems.

ALT The US has 5 regional COVlD outbreaks and 4 isolated outbreaks. The regional outbreaks include much of Alaska, California and western Nevada, much of Texas (central Texas sites have been shut off), the region from Kentucky through southern Illinois, and much of southern Florida. Isolated outbreaks include Franklin County in Washington, Bannock County in Idaho, Floyd County in Georgia, and Jasper County in South Carolina. Levels are rising across much of the US but later and slower than typical.

ALT The US has 10 hot spots. There are major outbreaks across much of Texas (high/very high). Houston, denoted by the light blue county in the southeast (Harris) has 1-2 week reporting lags so may be worse than noted. Hardin county, two counties over to the east/northeast, has BA.1 Omicron-level transmission. The Texas surge is bleeding into estimates for western Louisiana. The Guam surge persists, and there are 7 other outbreaks: the Bay Area of California (Alameda, high); northeastern Nevada (Washoe, high); southeast Idaho (Bannock, very high); northern/western Colorado (Mesa to Routt, high/very high); central Kansas (Reno, high); north central Kentucky (Jefferson to Fayette, high/very high); southern South Carolina (Jasper, high), and Hawai'i (Kauai, very high). The Kauai outbreak is similar to BA.1 Omicron-level transmission.