See which states still have increasing rates of COVID-19

Monday, May 18, 2020 - 07:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Some places are starting to reopen—but it may still be too early (Dmitry Dreyer/Unsplash/)We’re all pretty sick of staying home by now. It’s been at least a couple long months of isolation for most Americans at this point, and as news about COVID-19 hotspots like New York City has gotten progressively less dire, more people have been itching to get out and asking at what point we’ll open back up again.That sentiment has spurred some states to start re-opening businesses and letting people back into public spaces. But the problem is the US hasn’t experienced one unified pandemic. Each state, and even regions within each state, has followed its own trajectory, and that means a sunnier outlook in one place doesn’t mean others should be so optimistic.By looking at the tallies of new cases per day, we can get a sense of where each state is in the course of...

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