The spread of COVID, promoted by Delta Variant, is accelerating in these U.S. states

The new chart shows that in more states, the rate of people contracting COVID is accelerating, not decelerating.

The chart was released by the medical news media Stat on Monday and used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Johns Hopkins University and our data world to calculate the weekly case acceleration rate in each state.

It shows that the spread of COVID is slowing in approximately 14 states, including Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida, California and Mississippi.

States have seen cases accelerate when the rate is above zero, and decelerate if the rate is below zero. In Mississippi, cases appear to have slowed significantly, with a rate of -2.58.

Cases in Louisiana are also falling sharply, although Stat points out that the state is Currently recovering from Hurricane Ida So these numbers may slope downward.

Elsewhere, cases are accelerating. According to the chart, so far, West Virginia has the highest rate of COVID cases in the United States, at approximately 2.69. South Dakota is the state with the second highest acceleration, with a value of 1.68.

North Dakota followed close behind, followed by Ohio, Wyoming, and Montana, all showing accelerations of over 1.

This graph provides an alternative way to view the progress of COVID in the United States, rather than simply looking at the number of cases.

For example, according to the CDC, Texas has reported more COVID cases in the past 7 days than any other state, with 128,131 cases as of September 4.

However, according to the statistical chart, the state’s case acceleration rate is relatively low, at 0.39.

Other states where COVID cases have accelerated include Hawaii, Alaska, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

At the same time, according to statistics from the United States, since the beginning of the pandemic, 40,000,000 COVID cases have recently been reported across the United States. New York Times with NBC News.

As of 3 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, the CDC count showed less than 40,000,000 people, but the health agency’s case reports have been suspended since Sunday to celebrate Labor Day. The CDC update is expected to resume later on Tuesday.

CDC Genome sequencing data From late August, Delta variant As of the week of August 28, the COVID virus is still the most dominant in the United States, accounting for more than 99% of the sequenced samples.