Southern states that were once among nationwide Covid leaders are now seeing cases decline - Daily Mail

New daily COVID-19 cases in Texas have dropped by 40% over the past two weeks, and the state is recording one of the lowest death rates.

Over the past two weeks, cases have declined by 40 percent, and the 15 new daily cases per every 100,000 residents being recorded every day is 13th lowest of any state in America.

Deaths have also declined in Texas, dropping 27 percent over the past two weeks from 241 per day to 175 per day on average. .

The state also reached its peak in cases in during the summer surge in late September, averaging over 3,400 cases a day on September 13.

New daily cases quickly declined from then on, though, with the Sooner state currently recording 600 new cases a day - dropping exactly 50 percent over the past 14 days - or 15 for every 100,000 residents.

Cases have dropped 48% over the past two weeks, though deaths remain high.

New daily cases have dropped by 59% in the past two weeks in Tennessee, a far fall from the record numbers being set over summer.

New daily cases in the Palmetto State have dropped by 48 percent over the past two weeks, to 870 new cases per day - or 17 per every 100,000 residents.

Over the past two weeks, new cases have declined by 59 percent

with the state recording 913 new cases a day - or 13 for every 100,000 residents