United States: Some states of the United States have been reporting high numbers of cases linked to COVID-19, and the concerns have been looming because the winter season has ended and spring is here. According to the recent update shared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two states are still noticing an upward trend of cases linked to SARS-CoV-2 – the virus responsible for the COVID pandemic.
The data covered the cases found as of March 30, as reported by the Washington Post. However, the CDC has also reported that 19 areas of the US have reported “stable or uncertain” infections. Along with this, 29 states and territories of the US have seen a decline in the number of cases.
Still, the health authorities are worried because even after the decline, daily hospital visits due to COVID-19 have been predicted to reach up to 3,400 in late April 2024.
Increase in cases in 10 communities!
Within the span of the week concluding on April 6, The Sun Chronicle noted a rise of four (4) reported instances across ten distinct municipalities, marking a 25 percent escalation from 16 to 20 cases, marking the fifth consecutive week wherein reported cases remain beneath the threshold of 1,000.
The municipalities encompassed Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Wrentham.
On a broader scale, reported cases have witnessed a consistent decline over ten consecutive weeks statewide, plummeting from 4,999 to 629 cases, signifying an 87.41 percent reduction.
Remarkably, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Seekonk, and Wrentham each recorded a solitary reported case within their respective communities, according to The Sun Chronicle.

Across the ten communities under The Sun Chronicle’s purview, a total of 417 coronavirus tests were conducted, yielding 20 positive results. This translates to a positivity rate of 4.79 percent, marking a 1.14-point increment from the preceding week. Concurrently, the number of tests administered saw a reduction of 21, maintaining the positivity rate at 4.79 percent.
Nevertheless, the actual prevalence of COVID-19 cases within the region and the state likely surpasses the reported figures due to the proliferation of home-testing kits. Moreover, not all positive cases detected via home testing are promptly relayed to health authorities.
Furthermore, a significant portion of individuals exhibiting COVID-like symptoms such as fever, congestion, sneezing, fatigue, body aches, and headaches refrain from undergoing testing, attributing their reluctance to the perceived attenuation of the virus and the diminished severity of associated symptoms.
For perspective, the apex of new cases statewide within a single week was documented on January 14, 2022, totaling 132,557. Locally, the highest weekly tally reached 3,463 on January 13, 2022.
Cumulatively, since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, the region has documented 50,758 cases, accounting for 25.27 percent of the 200,793 population across the ten municipalities covered by The Sun Chronicle.
The prevalence of the disease within each community varies from 23 percent to 29 percent, with an average of 24.65 percent.

For the week concluding on April 6, reported case tallies in each of the ten communities were as follows:
– Attleboro: 3
– Foxboro: 2
– Mansfield: 4
– Norfolk: 1
– North Attleboro: 1
– Norton: 2
– Plainville: 2
– Rehoboth: 3
– Seekonk: 1
– Wrentham: 1
Statewide, the tally of reported cases stood at 629 confirmed instances, with an additional 206 deemed probable, resulting in a cumulative statewide count of 2,150,135 confirmed and probable cases since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.