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These 6 States Are Seeing the Worst COVID Surges Right Now - msnNOW
Oct 26, 2021 1 min, 33 secs
overall is making progress against the pandemic, some states are still faced with localized COVID surges of their own as the virus continues to spread.

Over the past seven days, the national daily average of newly reported infections per 100,000 people has dropped 17 percent to 21, according to The Washington Post as of Oct.

Read on to see which states have experienced COVID surges of 10 percent or more over the past week as of Oct.

After seeing weeks of relatively steady decline, Nevada has seen its daily average rise over the past week.

Over the past month, an ongoing surge in Alaska has kept it near the top of the list of states in terms of new cases per capita.

Health data revealed that September was the deadliest month of the entire pandemic for the state, as well as breaking case number records, which have carried over through this month, Anchorage Daily News reports.

"September was a bad month, and unfortunately, I think people can expect to the next couple of months are going to have pretty high death numbers compared to what we're used to," Benjamin Westley, MD, a doctor who treats COVID-19 patients in Anchorage, told Anchorage Daily News.

You can't have more COVID than any other state for three or four weeks on end without expecting the deaths to go up.".

After weeks of steady decline, Oregon reported numbers over the past week showing a sudden increase in newly reported COVID cases across the state.

As cases continue to rise in pockets of New England, Maine is still battling an ongoing surge within its borders.

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In particular, deaths from the virus in the state have seen a drastic surge, with the seven-day rolling average of daily new deaths per 100,000 people spiking by 138 percent last week.

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