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CORONAVIRUS cases across the US are spiking up again after states eagerly reopened and as protesters demonstrated George Floyd’s death in large gatherings throughout the country.
In 21 states, including , , and , cases are rising again local businesses amid .
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As of Wednesday, the US reported more than 2,040,000 cases of the , with over 114,000 related deaths.
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from health and local officials, a team at the University of California, Berkeley.
But as the number of cases dropped because of socially distancing and , and as governors eagerly and quickly allowed their states to reopen, cases are rising once again.
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in the week ending on June 7, compared with the previous seven days, Michigan saw 158 percent rise after reporting 5,000 probable cases.
In the southern US, saw a 47 percent rise over the past week, Arkansas saw 63 percent, while and both shot up more than 30 percent in the past week.
, Florida claims they’ve been testing more and therefore finding more cases, but South Carolina was investigating outbreaks in three counties.
Health officials in said roughly half of the state’s new cases — 42 percent rise — were from a prison in Otero County, while Utah said hundreds of the state’s 2,269 new cases — 62 percent rise — were linked to a meat processing factory outbreak.
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In Arizona, new coronaviruses cases rose to 12 percent, up from seven percent a month ago, and in Utah, the positive test rate shot from four percent to nine percent.
saw a spike of 20 percent, saw a spike of 50 percent, saw 40 percent, saw 37 percent, and saw 28 percent.
Other states that saw spikes over the past week include: with 21 percent, and each with 18 percent, with six percent, and both with four percent, with three percent, and with two percent.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that states wait for new coronavirus cases to fall for two weeks before relaxing restrictions.
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According to Reuters, 16 states and , have met that guidance for the week that ended on June 7, compared with 13 states the week before.
Both and have showed straight declines of cases over the past eight weeks.
on Tuesday .
“In a period of four months, it has devastated the whole world,” Fauci said during a virtual appearance at a Biotechnology Innovation Organization event. “And it isn’t over yet.”
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He said there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding COVID, and how it spreads and impacts the bodies.
Fauci on Wednesday morning: “The issue of physical separation is important. Masks can help, but it’s masks plus physical separation and when you get congregations like we saw with the , like we have said — myself and other health officials — that’s taking a risk.”
“Unfortunately, what we’re seeing now is just an example of the kinds of things we were concerned about.”
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