As the United States approaches 9 million Covid-19 cases, the country keeps racking up infection rates and other statistics that alarm experts.
Op Donderdag, the country reported a record-setting 88,521 new cases and reported 971 sterftes, volgens die Johns Hopkins Universiteit.
Here are a few more startling numbers from the week that saw 536,131 nuwe sake, as reported by Johns Hopkins.
- The US average of new cases per day is 76,590.
- That’s up 25% from the previous week.
- It’s an 83% increase over the last month.
- Nine states reported a record high single-day of new cases Thursday: Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Noord-Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio.
Thirty states which have reported a record high: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Noord-Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Suid-Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, Wes-Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Twenty-four states saw their highest 7-day averages for new daily cases Thursday, Johns Hopkins shows: Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Noord-Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Suid-Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
