Covid cases per capita in the United States up 10% in last week; New Jersey falls to the third worst state

Covid cases in the United States as a whole are rising, going from 133.8 per 100,000 on April 7 (see IPBiz post New Jersey now only #2 in Covid cases per capita ) to 147.5 (as of 12:43pm on April 14, 2021). That is an increase of 10% in one week. New Jersey at 294.8 cases per 100k, fell to the third worst state in the country, behind Michigan ( 551.8 ) and Rhode Island ( 304.4 ). States adjacent to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware were the fifth and sixth worst states, slightly better than New York ( 234.4 )