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With a new COVID variant on the rise, which US states have the most cases?
According to the CDC... As of August 5, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 45 states, declining or likely declining in 0 states, and not changing in 5 states. Previous estimates can be found on data.cdc.gov.
Naturally, the CDC is not estimating Influenza cases at the moment.
...During the week ending on Aug. 2, 8.5% of the 25,731 Americans tested were positive for COVID, according to the CDC's latest data. This was 2% increase from the week prior.
During the same period, only 0.3% of cases resulted in death and 0.9% resulted in an emergency room visit, a 0.1% decrease from the week prior for both categories...
Western and southern states, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, had higher percentages of positive COVID tests during the week ending Aug. 2...
During the same period, only 0.3% of cases resulted in death and 0.9% resulted in an emergency room visit, a 0.1% decrease from the week prior for both categories...
Western and southern states, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, had higher percentages of positive COVID tests during the week ending Aug. 2...
Naturally, the CDC is not estimating Influenza cases at the moment.
