The Centers for Disease Control has released a new report revealing the United States sustained a surge in sexually transmitted diseases during 2020 – putting the levels at a 30-year high.
The Daily Mail cited the CDC details regarding gonorrhea and syphilis, and said the 678,000 cases of gonorrhea was the highest number since 1990.
“For syphilis — a condition that can triggers painful rashes — there were 144,000 cases spotted over the same period, also a record for the last three decades but up just three percent in 12 months,” the Mail reported.
The report said total cases of STDs hit 2.4 million in 2020, down a small percentage from 2019 but explained that change likely was because fewer tests were done during the fight against COVID-19.
Infection numbers actually still likely were rising, the CDC reported.
