The overall decrease in COVID-19 cases in the United States is being driven by declines in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, but cases are surging in a handful of other states in the wake of reopening local economies, including Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Utah.In Arizona yesterday, officials reported 30 new deaths from the novel coronavirus and last week tallied more than 1,000 hospitalizations per day.
California reported record daily highs in the last week and through the weekend, averaging about 2,666 daily new cases, according to CNN.
Last Friday, California tracked 3,593 new cases, its record case count.Texas, Illinois, and Florida have also each averaged more than 1,000 new cases per day in