LOCKDOWN STATES FUELING SURGE IN COVID CASES

Key Points:

  • COVID restrictions in some parts of the country continue to be lifted as the daily average cases per day have increased by 11% in the last 2 weeks.
  • However, the states where cases are increasing are not the states that lifted restrictions.
  • The top 10 states by cases per capita over the last 7 days are Michigan (79), Rhode Island (44), New Jersey (41), Minnesota (37), Pennsylvania (37), Delaware (36), New York (35), Connecticut (34), New Hampshire (32), and Colorado (31).
  • Michigan leads the country in daily average cases over the last 7 days at 7,863, daily average cases per capita over the last 7 days at 79, and currently accounts for more than 10% of all cases in the U.S..
  • The cases per capita over the last 7 days for the states that lifted restrictions are lower, led by Florida (30), Iowa (16), Montana (15), Texas (13), Missouri (11), and Oklahoma (9).
  • The Right Facts will continue to monitor state level COVID data.