Re: Latest on the Corona Virus
(CNN)The White House coronavirus task force is recommending a significant increase in testing as well as additional, accelerated mitigation measures in its weekly reports to states.
Multiple state reports dated November 22 and obtained by CNN show a critical assessment from the task force at a time when it says Americans must undertake "significant behavior change," urging state and local officials to take proactive steps toward those ends.
North Dakota is yet again the state with the highest number of new cases per 100,000 population since at least mid-October, followed by Wyoming, then South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, Wisconsin, Utah and New Mexico in the top 10.
However, the task force offered good news to North Dakota, which it said is "showing signs of early stabilization with a plateauing of cases and stabilization of hospitalizations at a high level."
"This is the moment to further accelerate mitigation requirements to drive down the pandemic," the report said, calling for more aggressive testing as well.
There is still not a statewide mask mandate in North Dakota.
But the reports shared bleaker assessments for many other states.
(CNN)The White House coronavirus task force is recommending a significant increase in testing as well as additional, accelerated mitigation measures in its weekly reports to states.
Multiple state reports dated November 22 and obtained by CNN show a critical assessment from the task force at a time when it says Americans must undertake "significant behavior change," urging state and local officials to take proactive steps toward those ends.
North Dakota is yet again the state with the highest number of new cases per 100,000 population since at least mid-October, followed by Wyoming, then South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Montana, Wisconsin, Utah and New Mexico in the top 10.
However, the task force offered good news to North Dakota, which it said is "showing signs of early stabilization with a plateauing of cases and stabilization of hospitalizations at a high level."
"This is the moment to further accelerate mitigation requirements to drive down the pandemic," the report said, calling for more aggressive testing as well.
There is still not a statewide mask mandate in North Dakota.
But the reports shared bleaker assessments for many other states.
Comment