That's how bad Covid is in your state
Thirty and one states are now in the "red zone" for new cases of coronavirus.
Thirty-one of the states are now in the "Red Zone" for new coronavirus cases, up 26 last week, the working group of the White Coronavirus stated in new reports.
For the second consecutive week, the Dakotas, Montana and Wisconsin were among the first five states for new cases per person in the count of the White House. Colorado, Michigan,Ohio, Texas and West Virginia have joined the red zone in this week's reports, which means they had more than 100 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population. Read it to see if your condition has made the list and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
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The nation on average saw 117 new cases for all 100,000 inhabitants, the White House reported - put the nation as a whole in the red zone for the first time since the end of July and early August, when the cases have culminated in the south.
The reports are sent every week to the governors, but the White House does not make them public and pushed back ademanda committee of the House sharing the most recent reports with legislators. This article was originally published by thePublic integrity center, a non-profit-based investigative press organization based in Washington, D.C. The Center for Public Integrity Firstrevealed their existenceearlier this year and continuesCollect and publish them.
To his rallies in his campaign, President Donald Trumpdo not followthe recommendations of the working group, whichThe Washington Postreportedhas been enlisted by fruits.
The Select Chamber Subcommittee on Coronavirus TuesdayblownTrump's administration to continue to minimize the spread of the virus, although the reports of the working group revealed a more unpleasant image, citing public integrity documents obtained and published.
"The contempt of President Trump for science and the refusal to lead during this crisis have allowed the coronavirus of especially the overvoltage of the United States," said Rep. James E. Clyburn, Democratic President of the Committee. "These reports - that the White House has deprived governors, but retained from the public-show that Trump Presidency's false rhetoric on tests and masks prevents the response from our country."
In summer, the working group isadviceFor residents of the red areas, it was limited to gatherings to 10 people or less, reduce the "public interactions" to a quarter of their normal activity and avoid bars, gymnasiums and interior restaurants.
In newer reports, the Task Force's advice increased less specific and less strict, even for places faced with ongoing outbreaks. For example,MontanaHad the highest percentage of positive tests in the nation last week - nearly 20% - and a county with an intensive care unit fully full, depending on the White House. The working group has not recommended strict limits on gatherings, as it had in summer, but rather led the state to "make clear recommendations to avoid interior meetings as much as possible. "
Similarly, in this weekUTAH Report, the working group stated that the family gatherings broadcast the virus to almost every corner of the state, landing in the red zone for cases and the positivity of the tests, with the two measures last week, even If diagnostic tests have decreased slightly. "Develop educational campaigns to educate residents and recommend the prevention of all these gatherings," suggested the working group. "If gatherings can not be avoided, insist on the use of face coatings and social distance, especially in any internal setting."
The White House has not returned a request for comments.
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States in the red zone
Status of the red zone for new cases of coronavirus in the report of the White House this week (more than 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants):
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wisconsin
- Nebraska
- Utah
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Wyoming
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
- Mississippi
- Alaska
- Indiana
- Tennessee
- Kansas
- Illinois
- Minnesota
- New Mexico
- Kentucky
- Alabama
- North Carolina
- Nevada
- Rhode Island
- Caroline from the south
- Colorado
- Michigan
- Texas
- Western Virginia
- Ohio
The states of the red zone for the positivity of the tests (more than 10% of the diagnostic tests are positive):
- Montana
- Idaho
- Utah
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Missouri
States in the red zone for deaths (more than two deaths per 100,000 population):
- North Dakota
- Arkansas
- South Dakota
- Kansas
- Florida
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- Montana
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
- Tennessee
- Rhode Island
States in the orange zone
Status of the safest orange area were Delaware, Florida, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Oregon and California - and Washington D.C.
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States in the safest yellow zone
Status of the safest yellow area include New York, New Hampshire, Hawaii, Maine and Vermont.
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