After a steady decline from summer peaks through the beginning of September, new COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise again in the United States.According to data from the New York Times, there have been 41,822 new cases per day in the country over the past week, a 14% increase from the previous 2 weeks.
Among the states seeing the largest increases in new cases over the past 14 days are Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota.And the United States is far from the only country seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases as the fall begins.
In a televised speech yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the nation is at a "crossroads," with British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec all entering a second wave of the pandemic, the