New Johns Hopkins map shows COVID-19 cases rising across America

Source: The Hill | July 12, 2021 | Jenna Romaine

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are currently 37.4 new cases per 100,000 people nationwide this week.

Cases of COVID-19 and its variant strains are rising across the United States, according to a new coronavirus map from Johns Hopkins University.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are currently 37.4 new cases per 100,000 people nationwide this week, up from 28.7 cases per 100,000 just last week.

Specific states and areas are largely responsible for a majority of the new cases. For example, Missouri has seen a nearly 70-percent increase in coronavirus cases in the past week, with 161.7 new cases per 100,000. The state has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, with only 37.09 percent of its population fully vaccinated.

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As the delta variant continues to spread, however, even some states with above-average vaccination rates are experiencing small surges of new cases.

Last week, Massachusetts, which has a vaccination rate of 58.65 percent, surged from 65 new cases per day to 98.

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  • Consistent July 12, 2021 at 4:53 pm #49620

    EVERYDAY July 12, 2021 at 7:43 pm #49621

    In a perfect world the anti-vax crowd would be on lockdown while the rest of us can move about freely. But of course, that would never happen.

    It’s sad. We could have wiped out this virus much as we did with polio and other diseases. Or at the very least the virus could have been more manageable. Instead the virus will continue to be an ever-increasing danger and more people will die from it needlessly.

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