As the weather cools and the fall season officially begins, COVID-19 cases are still spiking in many parts of the United States. The country has yet to emerge from a late summer COVID wave driven by the highly infectious “Stratus” variant, which is sickening Americans from coast to coast.

As of Sept. 20, the level of COVID-19 viral activity in wastewater is "moderate" nationally, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Currently, 19 states are reporting "high" or “very high” levels of COVID in wastewater, per the CDC. Hotspots include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Utah, Nevada, and North Carolina.

The rise in cases comes as confusion grows around who is eligible to get the updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall.

Although the uptick

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