Hotspot States Show Signs of Improvement as US COVID-19 Deaths Pass 150,000

Baseball fans drink beer while gathering outside Nationals Park during the Opening Day game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees in District of Columbia on July 23, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Some hotspot states including Arizona, Nevada, Texas, and Florida show the trend of decreasing new cases, according to an analysis by the Johns Hopkins University. Data from 3-day moving averages of new cases per day were used in the analysis.

In Texas, new cases went over 10,000 per day several times between July 7 and July 18. The number decreased afterward. Data from the 7-day moving average shows the state likely passed the peak period of the CCP virus outbreak.