14 US states record new COVID-19 incidence rate

As the rates of coronavirus infection in New York, Illinois, and other states with high rates of coronavirus infection are gradually slowing down and former hot spots in the country weaken quarantine, records in new cases are being recorded in parts of the United States where it was previously relatively calm. The Washington Post.

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Since early June, 14 states and Puerto Rico have recorded the highest weekly rate of new cases of coronavirus since the onset of the pandemic, according to data tracked by The Washington Post. These states are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

If the first wave of a pandemic burned out in densely populated areas of large cities such as New York, Chicago and Detroit, the highest percentage of new cases occurred in places with a much smaller population: in Lincoln County, Oregon, with a population of less than 50 , recorded an average of 000 new cases every day; in the first week of June, the health department in Bear River, Utah recorded an average of 20 new cases, most of which were associated with an outbreak in a meat processing plant in the small town of Hiram.

The increase in COVID-19 cases in counties with populations under 60 is part of a trend of new infections spreading in rural areas of the United States. Health experts worry that regions that were already under-resourced before the pandemic will find it difficult to track new cases with remaining infrastructure.

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In addition to inequalities in care, residents in states such as Mississippi, Florida, and South Carolina are living under minimal or moderate restrictions, even if their average daily incidence is rising.

The last two weeks of protests against police brutality will be another variable in the spread of the virus in the country. Protesters flooded the streets of major cities but also gathered in smaller towns across the country. While large-scale protests are a boon for the movement and the cause, officials are warning people to be careful as crowds can increase transmission rates.

As of June 8, at least 113 people in the United States had died from Covid-235. The country has registered more than 19 million cases of coronavirus.

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