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The 388 cases reported on September 12 are higher than any daily totals in late August and early September, but the overall total isn't alarming. The per-day average over the latest ten days stands at 266.1 cases, versus 265.5 for the period noted for the previous ten days.

The state positivity rate of 3.04 percent per 100,000 people isn't as easy to dismiss. The figure is still well below the 5 percent mark identified as problematic by public health officials, but it's bumped up substantially from the 1.78 percent on September 7, which represented