According to The Post, national figures show that there were 143 new COVID cases over the past seven days per 100,000 people as of March 1. This represents a five percent increase from the previous week, with more than a dozen states seeing a double-digit percentage spike in their own respective new cases over the same time period. “Things are tenuous. Now is not the time to relax restrictions,” Rochelle Walensky, MD, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), told reporters at a White House briefing on Feb. 26. “We may be done with the virus, but clearly, the virus is not done with us. We cannot get comfortable or give into a false sense of security that the worst of the pandemic is behind us.” Chief White House COVID adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, echoed his colleague’s concerns during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation on Feb. 28. “The thing we don’t want is to have it plateau at 70,000 per day. That’s exactly the thing that happened during previous surges,” he said, warning that the current situation was “very dangerous, particularly given the fact that we have these variants around.” To find out which states are currently seeing COVID cases spike the most, according to The Post, as of March 1, keep reading, and for more on the areas concerning Fauci, check out Dr. Fauci Just Said That He’s Worried About COVID in These 2 States. New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 192 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 19 percent New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 212 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 19 percent And for more on when things may finally go back to normal, check out This Is When the COVID Pandemic Will Be Completely Over, Experts Say. New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 27 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 22 percent New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 93ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 27 percent And for more on what you might expect after you get your shots, check out Doctors Are Warning You to “Be Prepared” for This After Your Second Dose. New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 87 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 27 percent New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 144 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 28 percent And for more COVID news sent directly to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 127 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 38 percent New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 138 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 43 percent And for more on how to use PPE properly, check out If You’re Layering These Masks, the CDC Says to Stop Immediately. New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 229 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 73 percent New cases in last seven days per 100,00o people: 193 Percent change in daily cases in last seven days: Up 99 percent And for more on where you can get immunized in your area, check out You’ll Be Able to Get Vaccinated at Any Walgreens by This Date.
