COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity, Week 47 [November 21, 2020]   [open pdf - 988KB]

From the Key Updates: "Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus circulation and associated illnesses have been increasing since September; however, the percentage of specimens testing positive for SARSCoV-2 decreased slightly during week 47. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] (PIC) increased during October and early November. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received."