(Reuters) – The number of new cases of new coronavirus reported in the United States fell 17 last week, the fifth straight week of declines, according to a Reuters account of state and county reports.
Nearly another 1,000 people a day continue to die from COVID-19, the total of more than 6,700 deaths last week was 9% less than in the last seven days.
The United States registered 297,000 new instances for the week ending August 23, to a weekly peak of more than 468,000 instances in mid-July. The country now has an average of less than 50,000 new infections in line with the day for the first time since early June.
The United States has the worst epidemic in the world, accounting for a quarter of the world’s total of 23 million cases.
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The state with the highest percentage accumulated in new instances last week South Dakota with 50%. Infections have increased since the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, which attracted more than 100,000 people from across the country from August 7-16. The South Dakota Department of Health does not promptly comment.
Cases greater than 30% in neighboring North Dakota and 24% in Wyoming.
The United States assessed an average of 675,000 people a day last week, peaking in July of more than 800,000 people a day.
Nationally, the percentage of all tests that yielded positive results for the new virus was 6.3%, up from 7% last week and below a peak of 9% in mid-July, according to the knowledge of the COVID Follow-up Project, a volunteer effort. to monitor the epidemic.
South Carolina had the positivity rate in the country at 22%, followed by Texas, Nevada and Idaho with 16%.
At least 29 states have reported a positivity rate of more than 5%, a point that the World Health Organization considers worrying, as it suggests that more instances are in the network that have yet to be discovered.
(Written through Lisa Shumaker; Graphic via Chris Canipe; Edited through Tiffany Wu)