On Monday, the U.S. recorded 69,417 new infections with a seven-day rolling average of 66,159, the highest figure in about a month. In the last week alone, the average number of cases has risen by 24 percent, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. Although the figure is far below January's peak of about 247,000 average new cases, it is in line with the late July surge, when daily cases were averaging about 68,000. On Sunday, the Empire State recorded a seven-day rolling average of 8,601 cases, a nearly 10 percent increase of 7,820 average from one week prior. What's more, the seven-day rolling average of cases has risen 12 percent from 4,099 new cases to 4,597 cases.

Source: The Nation March 30, 2021 16:41 UTC