(Reuters) – Cases of the U.S. novel coronavirus reached close to 6 million on Sunday, as the number of infections in many Midwest states rose, according to Reuters figures.
File photo: An activist holding the American flag at sunrise for a memorial to those who have died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, USA, on August 27, 2020. Ritter / Tom Brenner
New cases have recently risen to a record one day in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, while Montana and Idaho currently have the number of Kovid-19 patients hospitalized.
At the national level, metrics are all declining at the rate of new cases, deaths, hospitalizations and the positivity of tests but there are emerging hotspots in the Midwest.
There are many new cases in Iowa in the counties located at Iowa University and Iowa State University, which have some individual classes. Colleges and universities across the country have erupted after students returned to campus, forcing some to learn-only-online.
Infection has also increased in South Dakota, with more than 5,365,000 people drawn from across the country during the August 16 st. The South Dakota Department of Health said 88 cases were reported at the rally.
More than eight months after the epidemic, the United States continues to struggle with testing, seeing the number of people tested in recent weeks.
Many health officials and at least 33 states have rejected the testing guidelines for the new COVID-19 issued by the Trump administration last week, saying people exposed to the virus and without symptoms do not need testing.
Public health officials believe the United States needs to be tested more often to find an asymptomatic COW-19 carrier to slow the spread of the disease.
According to Reuters, the United States has the highest number of infections in the world, ranking tenth in per capita cases, while Brazil, Peru and Chile have higher rates of infection, according to Reuters.
The United States also has the highest death toll in the world at more than 182,000, with Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Peru having the 11th highest per capita death.
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Reporting by Lisa Schumacher in Chicago; Edited by Daniel Weiss
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