In 31 states, the number of new Covid-19 cases has increased by at least 10% this past week compared to the previous week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Sunday.
Delaware, Hawaii, Louisiana and Michigan – just four states – have dropped more than 10%. Fifteen states are stable, including Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington State.
According to the Covid Tracking project, the positivity rate of the test – the percentage of new tests that are positive – is increasing in 25 states.
Dr Ashish Zai, dean of Brown University School of Public Health, said doctors feared the same in the weeks following Labor Day.
“A few weeks ago, when we went to Labor Day, we’re talking exactly about this – and our concern that Labor Day comes out, as we’ve seen since Memorial Day and the Fourth of July, we’ll see that” increase, ” He said.
“And unfortunately, we’re going in the fall, where the weather gets colder. We’ll spend more time indoors. So, right now we want to be as a country.”
Wisconsin also filed a record number of new cases – 2,533 on Friday. Health officials urged people to stay indoors, keep at least 6 feet away from outsiders and wear masks in public.
Across the country, more than 7.7 million people are infected with the coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As of 3:45 a.m. Sunday, more than 199,400 people had died.
A state good says keep testing
But some states are seeing steady progress. On Sunday, Maryland announced a new record-low test positivity rate – 1.89%. And there is better news.
For the first time since March 30, total hospital admissions have fallen below 300, the government’s Larry Hogan office said. “ICU bed 68 beds are being used – for the first time since March 26, ICU levels have dropped below 70.”
The study finds more links between epidemics and mental health
As Covid-19 intensified in the U.S., so did stress and depression levels, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.
A study of more than 50,000 people found that many factors can increase people’s stress.
The biggest risk factor for depressive symptoms was a pre-epidemic mental health diagnosis, the researchers found.
The researchers said that stress and stress symptoms were also more associated with personal contact rather than spreading in public – suggesting that “concerns about the transmission of the disease outweighed concerns about epidemic disruptions in daily life.”
“Nearly a quarter (23.5%) of the sample reported that they or others nearby were exposed to COVID-19 (e.g., experienced symptoms, diagnosed),” the researchers wrote in a report published Friday.
There was also a big impact on employment, who had the most trouble with those who lost their jobs, the study found.
It would have given a new meaning to the work of the rest of the people working as ‘essential’ workers which reduced the risk of frustration. “
The researchers said another factor in the epidemic-related stress was how often conflicting information was exposed to participants through news and social media.
An average of seven hours a day people were immersed in the news, they watched, and over time the intense stress increased.
But consistent, accurate and reliable news reports can be a great way to control stress, researchers suggest.
Why Black and Hispanic Americans suffer more
Not everyone has the luxury of working from home. And since many minorities have jobs to deal with in public, the epidemic has hit them particularly hard.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said American Indians and Native Americans and African Americans are whiter than 3.5. times hospitalized at times the rate.
“Hispanics have three times higher hospitalization rates than whites.”
Epidemics expose health inequalities and structural conditions that contribute to those inequalities, the Surgeon General said.
“Social distance and telecommunications are critical to preventing the spread of coronavirus, yet only one in five African Americans and six Hispanic Americans have jobs that allow them to work from home,” Adams said.
People of color are also more likely to live in “gay packed urban areas” and multi-generation homes. They are also more likely to use public transport, he said.
“Combined, these and other factors increase the risk of spreading highly contagious diseases such as Covid-19.”
CNN’s Gregory Lemos and Lure Ren Mascarenhas contributed to the report.
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