From Rhode Island to California, all regions of the United States are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases in what is likely the post-holiday surge of the virus that experts feared.
California, Arizona, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Rhode Island are reporting the highest rates of new daily cases per person.The New York Times said this is a change to the previous patchwork pattern of the virus, which saw regional hot spots develop over the last year.
Now, virus hot spots are widespread across the entire country.According to CNBC, the US is recording at least 244,300 new COVID-19 cases and 3,230 virus-related deaths each day, based on a 7-day average calculated using Johns Hopkins University data.