The US received a rare bit of good news on the pandemic front this week, as recent cases of coronavirus have had a significant decline in the previous week. The development is the first sustained decline after a month of record highs, with 35 states seeing a significant decline and 11 others seeing the new COVID case numbers steady. But not everywhere is there a sigh of relief: there are still a few states that have hampered the national trend and seen their COVID numbers continue to climb. Read on to see which countries are heading in the wrong direction, and read the CDC warns against using these 6 face masks for more information on how to keep yourself safe.
According to Johns Hopkins University data, the U.S. reported an 11 percent drop in newly reported COVID cases over seven days, CNN reported. However, some experts warn that the numbers are more of a stabilization of the rising numbers than an actual decline, and warn that there is very little reason to celebrate. “These kinds of fluctuations are not sustainable on a statistical basis,” Amesh Adalja, MD, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University, told CNN. “The virus has established itself in the human population and is not going anywhere. We are going to see a lot of transmission until we exceed the threshold for herd immunity.”
And with many contagious new variants now spreading in the United States, it’s now more important than ever to keep the virus alive with everyday precautions such as wearing a mask, hand washing, taking social distances and avoiding crowds. “I will not wait,” Adalja told CNN. “Biologically speaking, nothing changes.”
But which states were the only ones to report a significant increase in business? Read on to see if your area is one of them, according to data from the COVID detection project from January 18, and for more information on what your body may tell you, see why this rare symptom may mean that you have a serious COVID has Case.
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