Texas and Florida are reporting fewer new cases per capita than Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York

States including Texas and Florida, which have completely reopened, are reporting fewer coronavirus cases than Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York, which have COVID-19 restrictions and mask mandates in place, according CDC data.

There are still restrictions in place for Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan, which for the last few weeks led the daily increase in COVID-19 cases.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, Michigan reported 390.2 cases of the virus per 100,000 in the last seven days.

New York City alone has recorded 206.1 cases per 100,000 in the last seven days with the remainder of the state reported 176.4 cases per 100,000 in the last week.

Texas health officials reported 70.4 cases per 100,000 in the last seven days while Florida recorded 186.8 cases per 100,000 in the last week.

'Obviously the risk is really very low, particularly if you're vaccinated,' Fauci said of outdoor activities during ABC's This Week.Multiple variants of the coronavirus have been blamed on increasing cases in states like Michigan.

Michigan has recorded a highest-in-the-nation 91,000 new COVID-19 cases over the last two weeks, despite improvements in the numbers in recent days.

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