States With Increased Covid Cases After Reopening

Wisconsin reopened its economy May 8.

States with increased covid cases after reopening. States that publicly released data about outbreaks since reopening included Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Illinois Kansas Louisiana Michigan North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Fauci said about 50 percent of the new COVID-19 cases nationwide are coming from four states Florida Arizona Texas and California. Even as the pace of vaccinations accelerates in the US Covid-19 cases are increasing in 21 states and highly infectious variants are spreading as governors relax restrictions on businesses like.

But in less than ten days that number had increased to 24 on July 4. One month ago seven states made up 60 percent of the coronavirus cases in the country. Most of those cases were in New York the main US.

See How Coronavirus Cases Rise or Fall ProPublica. South Dakota had the highest increase with a 167 percent jump. Hawaii Iowa Idaho Ill.

We are seeing this nationwide. Arizona Florida and Texas each hit new records for daily new cases of COVID-19 this week outpacing what experts say could be attributed to simply increased testing. The study led by a Purdue University researcher used University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project data.

Their data helped provide some insight into where COVID-19 did and didnt spread during the initial reopening of 2020. That was the lowest since March of last year. On Thursday Florida reported 1419 new coronavirus cases its biggest single-day increase according to state health data.

ABC News has found that eight states -- Arizona Arkansas Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Utah -- are seeing increasing hospitalization for COVID-19. In Arizona average COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen 49 from May 26 to June 9 the second-biggest rise of any state during that time period. States Are Reopening.