A state you might not expect is reporting the worst COVID-19 spike in the US

[Andy Meek]

• According to the latest coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins University, the COVID-19 crisis just hit a terrible milestone -- there have now been more than 6 million confirmed cases of the virus in the US.
• Meanwhile, the worst of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be moving into new states now, while the past few months have seen states like New York, California, and Florida among the hardest-hit.
• North Dakota is currently showing a per-capita spike in coronavirus cases that may be the worst in the nation at the moment.

During a coronavirus update over the weekend, White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx reiterated to reporters her hopefulness that a COVID-19 vaccine will be coming soon while also urging Americans to wear face masks and continue to "do the right thing" now. That's so that coronavirus numbers will keep falling ahead of this fall, when public health officials like Birx are especially worried about a perfect storm of a health crisis -- when both the flu and coronavirus, twin viruses that present with similar symptoms, will be raging in full force simultaneously. "I’m also very convinced right now that we can stop community spread (of coronavirus) by wearing masks, socially distancing and avoiding crowds," Birx told reporters.

Meanwhile, the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins University -- which shows more than 6 million coronavirus cases in the US to date, along with more than 183,000 deaths -- underscore the degree to which the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to rampage across the US. Such that we're starting to see it reach its most critical point in states that have thus far been spared the worst of the pandemic.

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