‘Astonishing’ rise is a warning sign for other parts of US, say experts as they urge vaccination.

Michigan is now leading the country in new Covid cases and hospitalizations, accounting for about one in 10 new cases in the US, even though the state represents only 3% of the country’s population.

Cases across the US have risen by 18% in the past week, but some states have seen much more dramatic increases. In Michigan, new cases have gone up by 67% and new hospitalizations by 46% in the past two weeks.

“It’s gobsmacking,” said Aron Sousa, interim dean of the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. Read more at the Guardian.