 So is COVID on the rise in Massachusetts? Well, the short answer is yes, but epidemiologists say that the increase is very small. Right now, health experts are using data from wastewater and visits to the ER to track the disease. What they're finding is a small uptick since May. There is a concern that in Hawaii there was a significant increase in ER visits for COVID, and they're wondering if that's a preview of what may come to the East Coast. Right now, there is a new group of variants called FLIRTS,