These are the 11 states where Covid is booming at the moment
Sous -variants omicron also raise cases at the national level.
Despite a deep public desire to leave the pandemic once and for all, Covid-19 continues to prove that it has not finished spreading through the population. The latest subvariant Omicron firmly put in the days of lowering infections in the past just like the United Statesmarks the death of a millionth virus. But some regions feel particularly strong increases in cases, withThe numbered numbers in some states Having already exceeded the heights recorded during the overvoltage of the Delta last summer,The New York Times reports.
The National Daily New Middle Cases continued its upward trend this week,37% increase In the last seven days to 29 per 100,000 people, according to data fromThe Washington Post. Virus hospitalizations also increased by 18% over the same period to 7 per capita.
The last increase led the officials of certain states to exhort the public toConsider carrying facials In interior public spaces once again.
"We are not in terms of masks mandate," said the mayor of New YorkEric Adams said on May 16, which said that hospitals were still able to manage the flow of patients, byThe temperature. "We are not about to do something other than to urge New Yorkers, while you are inside in large contexts, social parameters, wear your masks. If our time comes when our Hospitals are in a state of emergency, or we are the trend in this way, and my doctors who direct hospitals tell me that this is what we have to do, I will listen to them. "
Read the rest to see which states have experienced overvoltage of 50% or more in last week to May 17, according to data fromThe Washington Post.
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11 Virginie-Western
- New cases in the last seven days:21 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:50 percent
Even with an increased case in Virginia -Western Virginia, local officials warned that the last peak fueled by the Omicron sub -variants was probablehigher than suggested numbers.
"We know that this is probably an under-representation of the real number of infected people because people are not tested or do not test at home", "Clay marsh, MD, advisor in response to the state coronavirus, said in a briefing on May 16, according to local Metronews. "We see another wave that occurs both in the United States and in Virginia-Western. We see that this variant continues to change, to mutate, and these changes allow the virus to escape our immune system more easily. ""
10 Delaware
- New cases in the last seven days:51 cases per 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:50 percent
Covid increases in Delaware include the governor.John Carney, who announced on May 16 that he hadTested positive for the virus. The three state counties were alsoListed as the "yellow" level, which designates a risk of average community spread, according to Covid Act now.
9 Nebraska
- New cases in the last seven days:11 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:53%
According to state health data, on May 16,The Nebraska saw around 1,500 new COVID-19 cases added to its total, bringing the number back to its highest level since mid-February, theOmaha World-Herald reports. Genetic sequencing also shows that 89% of the positive results of the tests were caused by the highly contagious Omicron Ba subvariant.
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8 Alabama
- New cases in the last seven days:8 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:54%
While the figures remain much lower than their highest points of all time recorded during the Omicron overvoltage last winter, Alabama again notes cases increase at a significant rate. Local health officials also pointed out that home tests probably meantReal infection rates were much higher that the current figures suggest.
"We know that BA.2 explains the majority of specimens that we are currently employing, according to the CDC, and it is different from the original" "" original ""Wes Stubblefield, MD, of the Alabama Ministry of Public Health, told theMontgomery advertiser. "In addition, the Omicron peak occurred three to four months ago, and so that the immunity which was won by the Omicron wave which occurred probably begins to deteriorate in some people."
7 Pennsylvania
- New cases in the last seven days:27 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:68%
According to Covid Act Now, from May 17, eight Pennsylvania counties wereListed as the "orange" level denoting a high risk of community spread. The positive test rate on the scale of the state was 13.9%.
6 Mississippi
- New cases in the last seven days:14 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:71%
The last two weeks at Mississippi have seen an increase in cases wearing a slightIncrease in hospitalizations four percent, according to data fromThe temperature. But even if all the counties of the state except two remain in therisk area of spreading the lowest "green" community, local health officials have always urged caution.
"We have a transmission, there is no doubt,"Liz Sharlot, the director of communications at the Ministry of State of the State, told Mississippi today. "Covid is still there, and our best advice is to have you vaccinated if you don't have it, get your booster and your second booster if you are eligible. Our concern remains with the elderly who do not get the second booster . That makes a difference. "
5 Kentucky
- New cases in the last seven days:24 cases per 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:82%
On May 16, Kentucky reported6,443 new co -via cases Since the previous week, state health officials have reported. The positive test rate of the state was also 9.35%.
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4 Connecticut
- New cases in the last seven days:77 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:84%
According to a weekly update of the governor.Ned Lamont, thePositive test rate in Connecticut was 13.05% on May 16. The number of hospitalizations of the virus throughout the state also increased from 55 in last week to 331.
3 Colorado
- New cases in the last seven days:36 cases per 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:90%
Five Counties of Colorado - Weld, Larimer, Boulder, Arapaho and Mineral - were all listed during the "yellow" risk designation forAverage risk of community spread Since May 17, according to Covid Act. The positive test rate on the scale of the state is 8.2%.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
2 Florida
- New cases in the last seven days:37 cases per 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:97%
Covaded cases are in Florida, especially in the most populous county of the State, Miami-Dade, which is listed inLevel of risk of propagation of the average community, according to COVID ACT now. During an appearance on May 16, the former coordinator of the response to the White House coronavirusDeborah Birx, MD, predicted that the state would see apeak in infections during the summer, thePalm Beach Post reports.
"It is early. Give him a few weeks. The hospitalizations develop linearly, then become exponential," warned Birx in response to the affirmations that the cases caused by the Omicron variant are softer.
1 Missouri
- New cases in the last seven days:12 cases for 100,000 people
- Percentage of increase in the last seven days:115%
The Missouri has experienced the most significant increase in cases in relation to any other state in the last seven days. The data also show that hospitalizations are also directed in the state,18% increase In the past two weeks to a daily average of 428 to 16 May, according toThe temperature.
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