As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the U.S., recently launched data reveals where cases are increasing 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 seven 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 located, specifically California and Texas, have actually likewise seen a rise in cases. According to data 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 bulk, or 30 states, are noted as red states, as they have a testing positivity rate above 10 percent, based on information from the week of December 8 to14
Throughout the U.S. there are now more than 17 million confirmed cases of the virus and at least 312.524 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.
Newsweek connected to the Department of Health and Person Providers for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
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