- Anyone who wants the most comprehensive US-focused coronavirus update right now could do much worse than check out this new interactive map that has been prepared by risk-based color-coded researchers and health experts state and county around the country.
- Using this map helps identify the two states where you are statistically most at risk of being exposed to the coronavirus at this time: Florida and Arizona.
- Both states are likely to see some degree of commuters and visitors in the coming days as we head to the Independence Day weekend.
Not surprisingly, travel during the July 4th holiday weekend this year is expected to look dramatically different and different than any historically busy July 4th weekend in decades for a reason that should be so obviously we don’t even need to say it.
Making this year’s travel behavior patterns look even bleaker is the fact that 2019 saw record travel activity at this time of year, with nearly “43 million people traveling” during the vacation period of the year. Independence Day, the second most recorded at this time of year, for Forbes. However, some of you will venture out this weekend. We’ve all been locked up for months, and states and cities have gradually reopened in such a way that they teach us how to live with the coronavirus pandemic while following best practices, such as wearing face masks and social distancing. However, if you plan to travel this weekend, there is at least one crucial information to keep in mind.
Depending on where you’re going, you’ll want to pay attention to a new interactive map developed in conjunction with researchers, as well as public health experts, that highlights the most numerous coronavirus outbreaks in the United States right now. And according to this map, the places where you are statistically most likely to be exposed to the coronavirus are the states of Arizona and Florida.
We have already noted why Florida is quite problematic at the moment, so the Miami mayor is already registered as a sign that he is prepared to return the city to closure if the hospitals there are overstretched. According to a count compiled by ReutersFlorida has once again broken its record, this time reporting more than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, its highest total in a single day since the start of the pandemic.
Infections in Florida last month soared 168%, to more than 95,000 new cases.
Also of note, according to Reutersis that Florida It has reported more new cases of coronavirus daily than any European country when the continent was dealing with the worst outbreak earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the new map we mentioned earlier was developed by the Harvard Institute of Global Health, working with authoritative sources like CovidActNow and Covid-Local. The risk level map shows, among other things, the risk level of a county or state (based on new daily cases) in terms of colors green, yellow, orange or red (that is the order of risk from lowest to highest , which varies from green to red).
Here is the overview image of the map of the United States right now, and you can drill down on your desired state and county level:
Andy is a reporter in Memphis and also contributes to media like Fast Company and The Guardian. When he’s not writing about technology, he can be found protectively hunched over his burgeoning vinyl collection, as well as guarding his whovianism and binging on a variety of television shows he probably won’t like.
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