The seven-day national average hasn’t changed from last week with 119 new cases per 100,000 people, but data from The Post shows that cases are rising in 30 states as of March 23. This is up from the 23 states that were seeing increases just seven days ago, with more than half of them experiencing significant double-digit percentage increases. During a White House press briefing on March 22, Rochelle Walensky, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that an “avoidable surge” of COVID cases was looming, and it isn’t yet safe to remove public health precautions. “We must find the fortitude to hang in there for just a little bit longer,” she said. “We are at a critical point in this pandemic, a fork in the road, where we as a country must decide which path we are going to take.” Echoing his colleague’s concerns, Anthony Fauci, MD, chief White House COVID adviser, pointed out that looking at numbers on a more local level painted a troubling picture. “It is unfortunate but not surprising to me that you are seeing increases in the number of cases per day in areas—cities, states, or regions—even though vaccines are being distributed at a pretty good clip of 2 to 3 million per day,” he warned during a press briefing on March 19. “That could be overcome if certain areas pull back prematurely on the mitigation and public health measures that we all talk about.” Read on to find out which states are seeing the worst COVID spikes right now, according to data from The Washington Post, as of March 23, and for more on when the next major national surge may happen, check out This Is When We Can Expect the Next COVID Surge, Experts Say.
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New cases in last seven days per 100,000 people: 109 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 19 percent
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New cases in last seven days per 100,000 people: 186 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 23 percent
New cases in last seven days per 100,000 people: 150 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 26 percent
New cases in last seven days per 100,000 people: 39 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 47 percent
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New cases in last seven days per 100,000 people: 230 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 47 percent
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