CDC Scales Back COVID Tracking as Public Health Emergency Expires

The CDC will stop reporting daily COVID case numbers and county transmission data.
The agency will rely primarily on hospitalization data to track the virus going forward.
Certain surveillance like wastewater monitoring and demographic data will continue.
The changes come as the U.S. public health emergency expires May 11, ending free testing and vaccines.
The new tracking will provide high-level trends but less granular data for state and local officials.