- The coronavirus’ US toll reached a grim milestone this week, according to the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University that show the US now having surpassed 100,000 deaths from the virus.
- This comes as states around the country are reopening, while cases there are also surging.
- The latest data shows coronavirus cases in 17 states surging after reopening.
Well, you can’t say nobody saw this coming. Pretty much every state in the country right now is still feeling the effects of the coronavirus but is nevertheless on a path to reopening — some states faster than others, and some to a greater degree than others. At the same time, this is happening because we’re already up to about 1 in 4 Americans being unemployed right now – a frighteningly high statistic that’s put the country in Great Depression territory. Which is to say, the reopenings are unfolding because economies can’t take much more of this, not because health trends are pointed in the right direction.
On the contrary, in fact. More than a dozen states saw immediate spikes in coronavirus cases after starting to reopen, and most of the new coronavirus cases in the US — there are now more than 1.7 million COVID-19 cases and more than 102,000 reported deaths — come from 17 states that are trying to reopen. That’s according to CNN, which reported Wednesday that areas already regarded as coronavirus hotspots like California, New York, Illinois, and Texas, each saw the biggest surge and more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases. Moreover, the surges are only expected to get worse from there.
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