As illnesses rise in the third spike in US COVID-19 activity, five more states were added to the White House coronavirus task force's red zone list, and, at the global level, the pandemic picked up more steam in Europe.Red zone states grow to 31The latest states added to the White House task force's red-zone list are Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia, bringing the total to 31, according to a report today from the Center for Public Integrity.
States make the list when they have more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents.For the second week in a row, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wisconsin were among the top five states reporting the highest per capita levels.