This state is about to have the only worst epidemic in the country
You will be surprised to learn which state is about to go beyond Florida in cases per capita.
As we turned the corner in summer season, we saw the cases in manyThe southern states begin to peak. In recent months, states hardly affected as Florida, Texas and Arizona have been at the center of negative attention for their poor manipulation of the coronavirus pandemic. But with cases in these states starting in Plateau - and, in some cases, there is a new place that is worrying: Mississippi. The state of Mississippi currently has theSecond largest number of new cases per capita, according toThe New York Times'The data. This means that he could soon have the worst epidemic in the United States.
Mississippi has received little attention to national media throughout the pandemic, but recently,Ashish jha, MD, Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), called the state to do "very bad. "According to Jha", compared to two weeks ago, Mississippi: the tests are down 8% [and] up 37%. So, it means that the positivity of the tests is rising. Engraving. Actually the highest in the nation to22%. "
Hospitalizations and the daily number of death also doubled in the last two weeks, according to JHA. Mississippi reported its greatest number of new cases on July 30 with 1,775 cases, while a month earlier, the state reported a fraction of this number with only 680 new cases, depending onThe New York Times.
JHA feels that there is a handful of problems contributing to the escalation cases of Mississippi. It lacks the state of having bars, restaurants and retail shops open with very modest limits, leavingSchools find it difficult to understand how to reopen safelyAnd not having a mask mandate - although many counties have instituted their own.
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JHA prescribed Mississippi the "known recipe" to put down cases: stopping anything inside (includingDinner, bars and gymnasiums), implement a state mask mandate andrepair tests. JHA insists that the state can not open schools safely right now - "They will just stop," he says. According to a local fox affiliate, the Corinthh school district in Mississippi already had at least one positive student test during theFirst week school.
Part of the challenge for Mississippi is that the state has begun to disadvantage. According to the daily beast, Mississippi hasFewer doctors per capita that any other state of the country, which poses a significant challenge for coronavirus patients looking for treatment or testing. The health system and Morgues are already overwhelmed in Mississippi and the crisis shows no end of time sign. And learn about states that see the most covidant growth,Here are how many covidant cases increase in each state.