Data shows that while the rate of new cases is falling in some states, others are seeing a significant rise.
States are seeing cases accelerate if their rate is above zero, and decelerate if the rate is less than zero. In Mississippi, where cases appear to be slowing down significantly, the rate is -2.58.currently recovering from Hurricane IdaElsewhere, cases are accelerating. According to the graph, West Virginia has by far the highest rate of COVID case acceleration in the U.S. with a rate of around 2.69. South Dakota, the state with the second-highest rate of acceleration, has one of 1.68.
North Dakota follows with Ohio, Wyoming, and Montana behind, all displaying an acceleration rate of more than one. The graph presents an alternative way of seeing how COVID is progressing in the U.S. rather than simply looking at case numbers. For example, Texas has reported more COVID cases in the past seven days than any other state, with 128,131 cases as of September 4, according to CDC data.Other states in which COVID cases are accelerating include Hawaii, Alaska, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Meanwhile the U.S. as a whole recently reported 40,000,000 total cases of COVID since the start of the pandemic, according to tallies by
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