{"id":1681138,"date":"2022-10-10T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681138"},"modified":"2022-10-10T07:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:22:56","slug":"cdc-will-stop-reporting-daily-covid-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-will-stop-reporting-daily-covid-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Will Stop Reporting Daily COVID Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-will-stop-reporting-daily-covid-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1681138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-cdc\">CDC<\/a>) announced that it will publish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> cases and deaths on a weekly basis, marking a major shift in its reporting since the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo allow for additional reporting flexibility, reduce the reporting burden on states and jurisdictions, and maximize surveillance resources, CDC is moving to a weekly reporting cadence,\u201d the federal agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/covid-data\/faq-surveillance.html#Surveillance-4-answer\">said<\/a> in a statement last week.<\/p>\n<p>Local and state health departments, under the new guidance, will have to report new COVID-19 deaths and cases to the CDC every week on Wednesdays. The new change will go into effect starting Oct. 20, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData processing cutoffs for jurisdictions will be every Wednesday at 10 A.M. ET for line level case and death data, and Wednesday at 5 P.M. ET for aggregate case and death data,\u201d the CDC said.<\/p>\n<p>Daily data on COVID-19 hospitalizations will still be provided, according to the CDC, and it will use information from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n<p>White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Oct. 7 that a number of states have shifted away from daily reporting to a weekly reporting system. Jha said that daily reporting has become unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I think CDC is doing is moving to a weekly cadence that reflects where states are across the country,\u201d Jha said during a briefing. \u201cThat said, the COVID team at the White House, the work of the CDC on looking at data and analysis\u2014that continues at seven days a week where we have daily data available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similar move was made several months ago when the CDC shifted from daily to weekly reporting of COVID-19 vaccinations. New data is published only on Thursdays now.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Changes<\/h2>\n<p>And earlier this month, the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/cdc-makes-sweeping-overhaul-to-key-covid-19-metric_4773777.html\">announced<\/a> it will no longer be reporting country-by-country COVID-19 travel advisories until there is a significant development, such as the emergence of a new variant, officials said. And in June, the federal government ended its requirement for international travelers coming to the United States to provide a COVID-19 test.<\/p>\n<p>As recently as March, the CDC recommended against travel to about 120 countries and territories worldwide or more than half of all destinations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4594382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/13\/GettyImages-1408324615.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4594382\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/13\/GettyImages-1408324615-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A cruise ship is seen in a 2022 file photo in Sydney, Australia. (Jenny Evans\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>In early April, the CDC dropped a \u201cdo not travel\u201d warning for about 90 separate countries and other locations due to COVID-19. That label will only be used for special circumstances, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, the CDC in July ended its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/cdc-stops-reporting-covid-19-levels-for-cruise-ships-says-companies-can-handle-their-own-rules_4607297.html\">COVID-19\u00a0reporting\u00a0program<\/a>\u00a0for cruise ships, prompting several operators to drop mask, vaccine, and testing requirements. Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19-related lockdowns, mandates, and other restrictions have battered the cruise industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile cruising poses some risk of COVID-19 transmission,\u201d the CDC had said, \u201cCDC will continue to publish guidance to help cruise ships continue to provide a safer and healthier environment for crew, passengers, and communities going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Overhaul<\/h2>\n<p>But one of the most significant changes to the CDC\u2019s guidance came two months ago when officials moved to revise the agency\u2019s longstanding COVID-19 mitigation rules. That included a change to how the CDC makes determinations on vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The guidelines from the federal agency no longer recommend staying at least six feet away from other people to reduce exposure. The six-foot social distancing recommendation had been intact since early 2020, although some public health officials have addressed questions about the effectiveness of the measure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCDC\u2019s COVID-19 prevention recommendations no longer differentiate based on a person\u2019s vaccination status because breakthrough infections occur, though they are generally mild, and persons who have had COVID-19 but are not vaccinated have some degree of protection against severe illness from their previous infection,\u201d the CDC said.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the shift in guidance, President Joe Biden told \u201c60 Minutes\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-says-covid-19-pandemic-is-over_4739618.html\">during<\/a> a rare sit-down interview that the pandemic \u201cis over.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S.\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it will publish COVID-19 cases and deaths on a weekly basis, marking a major shift in its reporting since the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1894578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1681138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1681138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1681138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1681138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1681138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1681138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}