COVID Map Shows Highest US Rates As New Variant Spreads

COVID update: Map shows highest US rates as new variant spreads The new KP.3.1.1 accounts for more than 1 in 3 cases as it continues to spread across the country, with some states more affected than others. Newsweek

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New data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that the highest rates of infection are found in five Southern/Southwestern states, with nearly 1 in 4 COVID tests coming out positive across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. ...

For the week ending August 10, the CDC reported that nearly 1 in 5 (or 18.1 percent) of all COVID tests performed in the U.S.—excluding at-home test results—were coming back positive. However, these positive results were not evenly distributed across the country.

The below map illustrates the distribution of positive tests across the U.S., divided into 10 Health and Human Service regions.

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