This old state of "red zone" now has the lowest rate of infection in US U.S.
Arizona is a brilliant example of how successful attenuation efforts can be opposed to COVID.
The propagation of COVID-19 across the United States was really sorry at the beginning of the summer. Indeed, in July, a document from the White House was disclosed by almost 40% of the American states as being in the "red zone" because they had more than 100New weekly cases for 100,000 people and / or a positive test rate greater than 10%. Many of these old hot spots began to curb the propagation of coronavirus, but one of these "red zones" has in particularmakes a remarkable recovery, effectively passes from worst to first. Yes,Arizona can now boast that it has the lowest covid infection rate of the entire nation.
The websitert.live measurement how States manage their epidemics of COVID by following their infection rates, or Rt Value, which is "the average number of people who are infected with an infectious person," says the site. "If rt is above 1.0, the virus will extend quickly. When rt is less than 1.0, the virus will cease to propagate. "
As of August 24, Arizona has the lowest rtvalue throughout the nation with 0.76. In comparison, Hawaii has trouble at theHighest national infection rate at 1.23.
Earlier this summer, as daily cases have cunged in many states of sunshine, four in particular have been constantly described as the worst of the worst:California, Texas, Florida and Yes,Arizona.
But Arizona has revealed remarkably efficiently, both the Director of Disease and Prevention Centers (CDC)Robert Redfield, MD, recently given the state a shout during an online interview with theJournal of American Medical Associates(Jama) on August 20th. RedfieldArizona rented To follow the guidelines of the CDC and bring cases.
Four weeks after someCities have issued a mask mandate And after the governmentDoug Duceypreparing Arizona's reopening plans andeven close some companies again At the end of June, Arizona sawHis peak of Covid surge July 1st then goes down regularly,The Washington Post reports. "Some people can say," just see nothing works, "said Redfield." But [Arizona] stayed with that, and now you saw the gradual drop and Arizona really moves in the right direction. "
Similarly, in an interview with CNN on August 6,Anthony Fauci, MD,Arizona rented, too much. "We saw in Arizona, who wasA good exampleThey mounted [in cases] and they started to really fix and do things properly. And the cases came to the end, "he said.
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Now, from August 23, Arizona hadJust 203 new cases, according toThe New York TimesData - It's 24 Timesinferior that its peak at the beginning of July.
Given the place where Arizona once in terms of COVID figures, it is even more impressive that the state now has the lowest infection rate in the United States so that anyone exhausted by the Endless flow of discouraging can now take comfort of the example of Arizona, and the authentic evidence that the CDC guidelines will work if followed. For more information on the maintenance of Redfield and other states effectively manage infections, seeThese states began to "transform the tide" on COVID, director of the CDC indicates.
