Positive COVID-19 test rates top 25% in some U.S. Midwest states

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https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26I10Y

SEPTEMBER 27, 20205:55 PM UPDATED 11 HOURS AGO
Positive COVID-19 test rates top 25% in some U.S. Midwest states
By Lisa Shumaker
3 MIN READ

(Reuters) - The number of tests coming back positive for COVID-19 is topping 25% in several states in the U.S. Midwest as cases and hospitalizations also surge in the region, according to a Reuters analysis.

North Dakota’s positive test rate has averaged 30% over the past seven days compared with 6% the prior week. The positivity rate has risen to 26% in South Dakota, up from 17% the previous week, according to the analysis using testing data from The COVID Tracking Project.

Minnesota and Montana are averaging 7% of tests coming back positive, but Montana’s positivity rate rose on Sunday to 20%, according to the analysis.

The World Health Organization considers rates above 5% concerning because it suggests there are more cases in the community that have not yet been uncovered.

Several states such as New York, Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine have positive test rates of less than 1%.

[uponit7771]

1. K&R, It was on NPR that some hospitals are not reporting numbers correctly. We're nearly 50 - 100%

... more deaths now in this hospitalization trough than we were in the June trough.

There's something wrong with the CV numbers but they can't hide from the deaths though

[CottonBear]

2. The death totals and the viral load in sewage reveals the true statistics. N/T