These 14 States Are Looking at Another Lockdown

9. North Carolina

Although the number of new daily infections in North Carolina falls short of any imminent lockdown, they are nonetheless alarming. The state is now experiencing a new daily average of 14.7 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents, with a total of 79,349 laboratory-confirmed cases in the state as of 9 July.

On Thursday, the state reported 2,039 new cases of coronavirus—the second-highest daily infection rate since the start of the pandemic—and 1,034 new hospitalizations, a substantial rise from the 774 new hospitalizations reported one month prior.