{"id":4115,"date":"2022-04-07T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:46:56","slug":"covid-cases-rise-again-in-half-the-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=4115","title":{"rendered":"COVID cases rise again in half the states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Change in reported COVID-19 cases per 100k people in the last two weeks<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>March 23 to April 5, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half of the states are seeing COVID case numbers rise again while nationwide totals continue to fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The big picture:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 is the dominant strain circulating around the U.S., accounting for almost three out of every four cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>As in-person gatherings have begun again,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/covid-dc-gridiron-club-white-house-congress-314bb110-726a-4f09-8efd-1c5cfb755319.html\">COVID has sickened a number of Washington A-listers<\/a>, reminding everyone \u2014 yet again \u2014 we&#8217;re not out of the woods with this pandemic.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By the numbers:&nbsp;<\/strong>Overall, cases dropped 5% across the U.S. to an average of about 28,700 cases from an average of more than 30,000 cases two weeks ago.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Three states \u2014&nbsp;Alaska, Vermont and Rhode Island \u2014 had more than 20 new cases per 100,000 people.<\/li><li>Nine states \u2014 Utah, Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Louisiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Indiana and Tennessee \u2014&nbsp;had three or fewer new cases per 100,000 people.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Between the lines:&nbsp;<\/strong>Deaths fell to an average of 600 a day, down 34% from just over 900 a day two weeks ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What we&#8217;re watching:<\/strong>&nbsp;While U.S. officials have said they aren&#8217;t expecting a significant rise in hospitalizations or deaths, there have been signs of hospitalizations rising among older individuals in the U.K.,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/apr\/06\/covid-deaths-in-england-may-rise-as-cases-in-over-55s-increase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Guardian reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Since those numbers lag behind new cases, we won&#8217;t have a clear view of that impact in the U.S. for a few weeks.<\/li><li>The highly contagious subvariant surged through parts of Europe but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/us-omicron-sleath-variant-infection-immunity-covid-83abd9db-764f-4f2d-a72a-751016eac896.html\">probably will spare many Americans<\/a>, thanks in part to this winter&#8217;s Omicron surge.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Axios on facebookAxios on twitterAxios on linkedinAxios on email<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change in reported COVID-19 cases per 100k people in the last two weeks March 23 to April 5, 2022 Half of the states are seeing COVID case numbers rise again 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