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US Coronavirus Geography:  Different Policies, Different Results

A growing number of states are pausing plans to reopen amid rising cases of COVID-19, with some even reimposing restrictions that were previously lifted. The federal government has left it to individual states to implement their own guidelines for reopening the economy, leading to varied stay-at-home policies and health outcomes. Maps produced by Fortune show the changes over the past few months of where cases have spiked, and where they have decreased. Florida and Texas had early reopenings of their economies and are now seeing strong increases in cases of the virus, while New York and New Jersey, which were at one stage the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, have seen their cases decline since April, amid some of the toughest restrictions implemented in the country.

Source:  American Geographical Society