Some of the states that skeptics were most worried about, including Florida and Georgia, haven’t seen the rise in total cases that some experts feared.
Florida’s new cases actually declined by 14% compared to the previous week, and Georgia’s fell by 12%.
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Nevada leads the pack with a 44% reduction, while several hard-hit states that embraced aggressive lockdowns to help contain early outbreaks — Michigan, New York and New Jersey — all saw reductions of at least 30%.
South Dakota saw a startling 123% increase, likely the result of outbreaks in the meat processing industry.
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