These 27 States Are Starting to See COVID Deaths Surge
"The next six to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic," one expert warned.
The month of October has brought about a drastic shift in the status of the coronavirus pandemic across the U.S. The past four weeks have seen more than half of the states in the union surpass their previously set records for most new cases in a single day, CNN repots. Now, the spike in new patients is also leading to an increase in an even more tragic national statistic: More than half of U.S. states—27, to be exact—are seeing COVID deaths surge.
Sadly, medical experts are witnessing their warnings of a fall and winter surge bringing the deadliest days of the pandemic become a reality. "The next six to 12 weeks are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic," Michael Osterholm, MD, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said on Meet the Press on Oct. 18.
Read on to find out which states are currently seeing COVID deaths surge the most, according to data from The New York Times as of Oct. 26, and for more on places that are trying to get COVID under control, check out These States Are Showing Serious Signs of Another Lockdown.
27
Tennessee
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 18 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 269 per 100,000 residents
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26
Oregon
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 19 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 61 per 100,000 residents
25
Pennsylvania
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 26 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 94 per 100,000 residents
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24
Massachusetts
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 35 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 100 per 100,000 residents
23
Iowa
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 37 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 282 per 100,000 residents
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22
South Dakota
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 37 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 671 per 100,000 residents
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21
Maryland
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 44 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 76 per 100,000 residents
20
Illinois
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 52 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 246 per 100,000 residents
19
South Carolina
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 54 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 130 per 100,000 residents
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18
North Carolina
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 61 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 134 per 100,000 residents
17
Idaho
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 62 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 350 per 100,000 residents
16
Kansas
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 63 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 189 per 100,000 residents
15
Indiana
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 68 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 223 per 100,000 residents
14
Oklahoma
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 70 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 238 per 100,000 residents
13
Virginia
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 72 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 85 per 100,000 residents
12
New Mexico
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 74 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 242 per 100,000 residents
11
Delaware
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 78 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 89 per 100,000 residents
10
Ohio
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 88 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 140 per 100,000 residents
9
Minnesota
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 89 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 195 per 100,000 residents
8
Kentucky
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 89 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 206 per 100,000 residents
7
Hawaii
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 92 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 45 per 100,000 residents
6
Michigan
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 107 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 162 per 100,000 residents
5
Rhode Island
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 108 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 229 per 100,000 residents
4
Nebraska
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 124 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 296 per 100,000 residents
3
Montana
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 148 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 473 per 100,000 residents
2
Wisconsin
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 154 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 442 per 100,000 residents
1
Wyoming
14-day increase in reported COVID deaths: 1,000 percent
New daily COVID case average in the last 7 days: 348 per 100,000 residents
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