{
  "id": 2627744,
  "title": "COVID-19 infections summer wave grows across US as cases rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/covid-19-infections-summer-wave-grows-across-us-as-cases-rise",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-22T19:10:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1542301/covid-19-infections-summer-wave-grows-across-us-as-cases-rise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United States (US) is experiencing a summer increase in COVID-19 infections. Cases are rising or likely rising across 47 states. Read More: 36 new Covid–19 cases were reported in Punjab Wastewater data shows coronavirus levels increased by 105 percent in August compared with July. The South and West recorded the strongest increases. However, national COVID-19 activity […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}