As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the U.S., newly launched data exposes where cases are rising the fastest. Those counties are Maricopa County, Arizona (26,779); San Bernardino County, California (26,030); Riverside County, California (24,202); and Cook County, Illinois (22,024). These 7 are Orange County, California (19,767); San Diego County, California (16,699); Miami-Dade County, Florida (15,630); Dallas County, Texas (13,942); Clark County, Nevada (13,081); Harris County, Texas (11,190); and Tarrant County, Texas (10,159).
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With coronavirus cases increasing the fastest in the 12 counties, the states in which they are situated, particularly California and Texas, have also seen a rise in cases. According to information from Johns Hopkins University, there are over 1.7 million cases in California, more than 1.5 million in Texas and over 1.1 million in Florida.
A majority, or 30 states, are noted as red states, as they have a testing positivity rate above 10 percent, based on data from the week of December 8 to14
Across the U.S. there are now more than 17 million verified cases of the infection and at least 312.
Newsweek reached out to the Department of Health and Human Providers for comment but did not receive an action in time for publication.
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