The United States saw a 25% increase in new cases of COVID-19 in the week ended June 21 compared to the previous seven days, with Arizona, Florida and Texas experiencing record surges in new infections, a Reuters analysis found.
Twenty-five US states reported more new cases last week than the previous week, including 10 states that saw weekly new infections rise more than 50%, and 12 states that posted new records, according to the analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the outbreak.
Texas reported one of the largest rises in new cases at 24,000 for the week ended June 21, an increase of 84% from the previous week. The number of COVID-19 tests that came back positive in the state rose to 10%, from 7%.
New cases in Florida rose 87% last week to almost 22,000, with the state’s positive test rate nearly doubling to 11%.
Arizona reported 17,000 new cases, a 90% increase, with 20% of tests coming back positive, according to the analysis.
The governors of all three states have attributed the increases in new cases to more testing, and to younger residents not following social-distancing guidelines. Some health experts have criticized these states for reopening too quickly without adequate restrictions, for instance not making it mandatory to wear masks in public.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended states wait for new COVID-19 cases to fall for 14 days before easing social-distancing restrictions.
Thirteen states and the District of Columbia are in compliance with that guideline, the analysis showed, down from 17 states the prior week. New York leads with 10 straight weeks of declines, followed by Rhode Island, Illinois and Washington, DC.
Nationally, the number of new COVID-19 cases had been falling on a weekly basis through May. Last week’s 25% jump came after a 1% rise in the second week of June and a 3% increase in the first week of June.
Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
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Another baloney article; a propaganda brought to you by the power-hungry socialist-fascists. So what if they did more blood tests and therefore diagnosed more asymptomatic people – that doesn’t mean there was an actual increase in infections. Daily fatalities are the only meaningful way to assess the surge. Here are the daily covid19 fatalities reported on June 22: Arizona – 3 fatalities, Florida – 12, Texas – 16. The populations are: Arizona 7.3 million, Florida 21.5 million, Texas 29 million. I would not be surprised if it’s the same rate as the daily fatalities from people drowning in their bathtubs or something. According to these numbers, there isn’t any kind of epidemic emergency in these three states. Always work your own numbers, as opposed to believing what the manipulative communists tell you.
This is going to blow your mind. Google / DuckDuckGo / Yahoo any 3 digit number then add the words “new cases”.
If you still trust their case surges after this bombshell, you should check yourself in the psychiatry award immediately.
OMG!!!! You are right. I put a 3 digit number like 579 and 368 then
“New cases” in the search browser of Duck Duck go and I got articles that stated there were an increase in Covid cases with those exact numbers. We are being lied to people. We cannot trust anyone, except HaShem.
I noticed that if you add a conservative media outlet to the search it doesn’t happen.
Anonymous,
You are from those die-heart Republicans. Let me tell you they are all full of junk.
The Republicans that refused to close everything, afraid of disturbing their election bid- off our strong economy, have killed thousands. The republicans that refused to let our grandfathers into this country after ww2 killed thousands, they are a bunch of selfish capitalists. Us yiden, are neither democrat or republican. To write such a stupid comment is ridiculous, of course positive means something, fatalities are after the fact.
9:46 pm writes: “The republicans that refused to let our grandfathers into this country after ww2 killed thousands …”
DON’T LIE !!!
FD Roosevelt, a democrat, was the president of the US from 1933 till 1945, followed by Harry Truman from 1945 till 1953. It wasn’t the Republicans but the Democrats who controlled US foreign policy before, during and after WWII. Get your facts right and don’t spread false propaganda !!!!!