Fall is right around the corner, along with a potential surge in COVID-19. While Boston health experts expect cases will go up, they don’t anticipate anything like the earlier part of the pandemic. At Whitter Street Health Care Center, staff are watching for COVID cases closely, but so far, so good. “It’s more of a gradual increase, so we’re not…
While Boston health experts expect cases will go up, they don't anticipate anything like the earlier part of the pandemic.
At Whitter Street Health Care Center, staff are watching for COVID cases closely, but so far, so good. "It's more of a gradual increase, so we're not feeling the big increase here in the clinic yet," said Whittier Street Medical Director Stephen Wright.Sign up for NECN newsletters. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says cases and hospitalizations are up, but things may be turning around. In fact, wastewater numbers in Greater Boston have started to move down — typically an indicator of COVID's trajectory.
"All evidence is that we may be past this kind of summer wave, but but that doesn't mean we won't see yet another fall-winter uptick," said Dr. Shira Doron of Tufts Medical Center.
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