In Michigan, 50% increase compared to the previous week
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[아시아경제 권재희 기자] It was found that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases in the US, which had been on a decline for a while, is showing an increase again, mainly in some states.
On the 17th (local time), CNN reported that the number of new corona19 confirmed cases per day in 14 states this week increased by more than 10% from the previous week. In seven states, half of them, the growth rate exceeded 20%.
Michigan has seen the highest growth rate. The growth rate in Michigan was found to have exceeded 50%. This was followed by Delaware (39%), Montana (34%), Alabama (31%), and West Virginia (29%).
The 14 other states included Hawaii, Mississippi, Maine, Nevada, Connecticut, and Maryland.
In the case of Mississippi, the mandate to wear a mask was abolished on the 3rd and allowed all business sites and stores to accept customers up to 100% of the capacity. Then, this week, the number of new patients increased by 19%, with an average of 463 infected people per day.
However, in the United States as a whole, the number of new infections per day is still declining. However, compared to the fact that on February 17, a month ago, only three states, including North and South Dakota, showed an increase of more than 10%, the spreading trend became more pronounced.
Dr. Jennifer Moss of the Mid-Michigan District Health Department said that the number of new confirmed cases in Michigan is increasing rapidly. Analyzed.
Dr. Moss said, “I am worried that I will regress rather than make progress in the fight against Corona 19.” “It is one hope that we have been vaccination aggressively.”
“My hope is that the vaccination will help prevent Corona 19 from rising out of control, as it did last fall,” he added.
Reporter Kwon Jae-hee [email protected]