Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina have posted record numbers of new COVID-19 cases in recent days. In Arizona, the weekly average of daily cases has more than doubled from two weeks ago
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Though the pandemic appears to have slowed in the Northeast and Midwest, thousands of new infections and hundreds of deaths are still being reported across the country each day. Meanwhile, testing continues to lag in many places, and as a result, epidemiologists estimate that the true number of cases may be ten times the official count, and that several thousand more people have died from the virus than is reflected in the official death toll.
Public-health officials have urged anyone who has attended a protest to get tested for COVID-19, regardless of whether they have symptoms. While it may take weeks to see the impact of the protests on the outbreak , a few early results appear encouraging: In Seattle, thousands of protesters have been tested for the coronavirus, and less than one percent have been positive. Preliminary data from St. Paul and Minneapolis showed that about 1.4 percent of protesters had tested positive.
According to the Times, 22 states are still seeing increasing numbers of new infections reported each day. Texas, where nonessential businesses began reopening on May 1, reported a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations last week, even as the governor plans to lift additional restrictions. Reuters reports that Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina have also posted record numbers of new cases in recent days.
On May 24, the Trump administration announced a new testing strategy, which holds states responsible for planning and carrying out all testing. Public-health experts and Democratic leaders have criticized the proposal, saying that it will pit states against each for supplies and may result in large inequities in testing capacity.
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