United States has started to see cases for covid19 starting to spike again again across the county. For the past month United States has averaged 30,000 to 50,000 new cases each week. Worldwide Director of World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said October 2nd,2020 on average we are seeing over 2 million new cases around the world each week. Covid19 is now is 235 countries and territories around the world.
Some of the possible reasons for increased covid19 cases:
- Elementary kids and college students returning back to school
- People traveling over summer
- Restrictions were removed on limiting or reducing amount of individuals in social situations (restaurants, bars etc. )
- Fall weather means people will spend more time indoors in closer contact with others
- Individuals starting to become more relaxed on recommended precautions because it now part of our daily routine
United States
Cases: 7,601,001
Deaths: 213,380
| States and territories | Covid19 cases | Deaths |
| California | 843,912 | 16,365 |
| Texas | 816,079 | 16,728 |
| Florida | 726,013 | 15,247 |
| New York | 475,215 | 34,102 |
| Georgia | 326,142 | 7,259 |
| Illinois | 310,380 | 9,127 |
| North Carolina | 224,057 | 3,756 |
| Arizona | 223,401 | 5,743 |
| New Jersey | 213,630 | 16,152 |
| Tennessee | 207,455 | 2,642 |
| Louisiana | 172,625 | 5,604 |
| Pennsylvania | 171,426 | 8,335 |
| Ohio | 162,723 | 4,970 |
| Alabama | 161,975 | 2,637 |
| Virginia | 155,535 | 3,328 |
| South Carolina | 153,705 | 3,502 |
| Wisconsin | 146,143 | 1,426 |
| Michigan | 145,092 | 7,169 |
| Missouri | 139,591 | 2,327 |
| Massachusetts | 136,492 | 9,557 |
| Indiana | 129,904 | 3,742 |
| Maryland | 129,569 | 3,979 |
| Minnesota | 106,704 | 2,154 |
| Mississippi | 102,241 | 3,051 |
| Iowa | 95,853 | 1,419 |
| Oklahoma | 94,352 | 1,075 |
| Washington | 91,208 | 2,177 |
| Arkansas | 88,880 | 1,482 |
| Nevada | 83,347 | 1,636 |
| Utah | 80,446 | 496 |
| Kentucky | 76,587 | 1,223 |
| Colorado | 74,922 | 1,990 |
| Kansas | 63,952 | 723 |
| Connecticut | 59,364 | 4,522 |
| Puerto Rico | 52,294 | 715 |
| Nebraska | 49,396 | 507 |
| Idaho | 45,753 | 500 |
| Oregon | 35,634 | 583 |
| New Mexico | 31,372 | 896 |
| South Dakota | 25,906 | 258 |
| Rhode Island | 25,776 | 1,126 |
| North Dakota | 24,861 | 308 |
| Delaware | 21,550 | 649 |
| West Virginia | 17,325 | 370 |
| Montana | 16,063 | 193 |
| District of Columbia | 15,697 | 632 |
| Hawaii | 13,099 | 163 |
| Alaska | 9,784 | 55 |
| New Hampshire | 8,800 | 448 |
| Wyoming | 6,899 | 53 |
| Maine | 5,639 | 142 |
| Guam | 2,934 | 57 |
| Vermont | 1,827 | 58 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1,327 | 20 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 75 | 2 |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 |
(Source: World Health Organization)
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