This state now has the worst COVID-19 infection rate in the United States.
Health officials say that college cities may be for whom Western Virginia notes peaks in CVIV-19 cases.
Every few weeks, a new state moves to the top of the list of states that makeThe worst in the management of COVID-19 hatching. The title was previously detained by the tastes ofLouisiana,Hawaii, andSouth Dakotabut there is officially aNew State that holds this distinction right now:Western Virginia currently has the worst CVID-19 infection rate in the nation.
Have the worst rate of infection in the country is a title that no public health manager would be proud and comes from the coronavirus follow-up resourcert.live.Rt.live follow each state "rt value, "they explain as" the average number of people who are infected with an infectious person ". If the Rt The value is greater than 1, it means that Covid spreads rapidly. But if it's less than 1, the propagation of the virus slows down.
West Virginia has currently estimated rtValue of 1.29, which puts it to death died in a list if the 50 states. The new daily cases culminated in the state of the mountain on July 24 with 344 infections but plunged up to 40 positive test results on August 24. During the first week of September, however, new cases have an average of 150 to 200 per dayAccording to rt.live. By comparison, the state with the lowest rtValue in the country (and make the best of the management of the epidemic) is currently Vermont, which is at .86.
Department of Western Virginia of Health and Human Resources Managersreported 86 new COVID-19 cases in the state of the mountain on 8 September, bringing the total number of accounts to 11,661. According to DHHR data, 152 patients are currently hospitalized. Fifty-seven patients are in ICU and 26 patients are in fans.
It is not yet clear what is behind the recent increase in business, but some suggest that it is the result of a return of more than 30,000 students at Morgantown campus from the University of Virginia Western, which announced on September 7th that this was the suspension of anyone on his main campus because of concerns about a recent ear in coronavirus infections. In adeclaration, the university officials stated that the decision was made "in direct response to a recent increase in positive cases among Morgantown campus students, as well as the likelihood of increasing cases on several reports of parties held. This holiday weekend where groups should have been in quarantine. " And learn at least one of the ways that Western virginia could potentially turn things around, know thatArizona now sees COVID cases low after that.
