How 4 states are battling coronavirus with very different outcomes

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In New York, the original epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, there are signs of life returning to normal as the caseload and fatality rates have been driven down to levels not seen since early spring.

By contrast, the virus is raging in several states in the South and West, propelling the United States to record numbers of daily cases and setting the nation on edge about as leaders there debate, and in some cases, move to stem the tide.

There is also everything in between -- states that have still seen relatively little virus transmission and are bracing for an outbreak.

So why have some states been successful in their fight while others have not?

ABC News analyzed the current status and reopening process of four states that emerged with different outcomes following their shutdowns -- Florida, Texas, Ohio and Connecticut.

Texas and Florida are both seeing worrisome coronavirus outbreaks across their states as many residents ignored or abandoned social distancing practices and masking. Both are seeing increases across the board in the rate of positivity (the percentage of coronavirus tests that come back positive), hospitalizations and deaths, and have each set new records for daily cases just this past weekend.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/how-4-states-are-battling-coronavirus-with-very-different-outcomes/ar-BB16fiC0?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20200702_4_3

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1. One of the deciding factors appears to be

Those states that followed the science and listened to the advice of medical professionals are doing better than states that followed Donald Trump's hunches. Nobody can explain it!