Seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States is facing its third major rise in new cases. The country logged a record 80,662 cases Wednesday, and it has had 70,000 new cases daily for the past week, according to an NBC News tally.
While the country has had three dramatic case increases, studying individual states reveals a pandemic that has played out differently from region to region and state to state. Different regions have contributed to each wave, and while states such as New York and New Jersey are trying to avoid their second or third surges of cases, states like North…
