The federal authorities is providing a seventh spherical of free COVID-19 check kits to U.S. households at the finish of September.
Once the order window opens, go to COVIDtest.gov to obtain up to 4 free exams. Once ordered, at-home exams are mailed free to your house. Exact dates for when Americans can be ready to order new COVID-19 exams haven't been introduced.
So far, about 900 million house exams have been despatched to houses throughout the nation in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service. The new exams can even have the ability to detect the dominant variants which might be at the moment circulating, together with subvariant KP.3.1.1 which makes up almost 37% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., and KP.3 which makes up over 16%, in accordance to the CDC.
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How many COVID-19 cases are in NC?
In Western NC, many wastewater therapy vegetation are nonetheless measuring COVID-19 ranges via viral particles current in wastewater. These particles are now not infectious however can nonetheless be measured, permitting the NC Department of Health and Human Services to observe ranges of the virus.
Here are some of the most up-to-date ranges of viral COVID-19 gene particles per particular person in WNC wastewater therapy vegetation:
- Hendersonville – 18 million July 10, 31 million Aug. 10, 12 million Sept. 10
- Boone – 38 million July 10, 93 million Aug. 10, 99 million Sept. 10
- Spruce Pine – 75 million July 10, 129 million Aug. 10, 91 million Sept. 10
- Marion – 16 million July 10, 52 million Aug. 10, 56 million Sept. 10
- Buncombe County – 36 million July 10, 62 million Aug. 10, 56 million Sept. 10
- Tuckaseigee (Sylva) – 8 million July 10, 28 million Aug. 10, 31 million Sept. 10
- Cherokee – 39 million July 10, 89 million Aug. 10, 43 million Sept. 10
For extra info on how COVID-19 ranges are monitored and counted, go to covid19.ncdhhs.gov/dashboard/wastewater-monitoring.
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Symptoms of COVID-19
The CDC warns that signs may be totally different based mostly on the COVID-19 variant. The non-comprehensive listing of signs the group at the moment lists contains:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or problem respiration
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nostril
- New loss of style or scent
- Fatigue
- Muscle or physique aches
- Headache
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
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Iris Seaton is the trending information reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times, half of the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected].
