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ARTICLE · 09 SEPTEMBER 2022

APHIS Updates Data On SARS-CoV-2 In Animals

On September 6, 2022, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its "dashboard" that tracks confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in animals...

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On September 6, 2022, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its "dashboard" that tracks confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 in animals in the United States. The data continues to show that the incidence of the COVID-19 virus in animals is quite low.

APHIS presented the information in dashboard form as follows:

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Since APHIS' last update on April 11, 2022, the number of confirmed cases in companion and other animals in human care showed only a small increase from 362 to 394 cases. Confirmed cases in mink farms remained constant at 18. States with confirmed cases increased from 26 to 28 states. APHIS mapped the geographic distribution of confirmed animal cases as follows:

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