Utah has joined seven other states on The New York Times’ list of states where new COVID-19 cases are getting higher and staying high.
The list includes “states where new cases are higher and had a daily average of at least 15 new cases per 100,000 people over the past week.”
The list goes as follows:
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- Utah
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Missouri
A similar list shows states where cases are higher but going down, which includes:
- Guam
- Mississippi
- Kentucky
- Georgia
Utah also ranks fourth in the country for rate of transmission. The rating measures “how fast the virus is growing. It’s the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person.” The rate for Utah is 1.17. A rating above 1 means the virus will spread quickly.
Nearby Idaho ranked on the list back at the beginning of the summer when the state saw close to 500 cases per day, as I wrote about fo Deseret.com. The state has since then dropped back down.