Some northern US states are starting to witness a Covid-19 resurgence as the weather is getting colder amid the onset of the winter season, raising concerns over a “twindemic” of the flu and coronavirus. The five states that are reporting most of the new daily Covid-19 cases per capita are Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Idaho, Xinhua news agency quoted data by The New York Times published on Monday as saying.

Alaska is logging the highest daily average of 125 cases per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, the other states with the fastest rising Covid-19 caseloads are Vermont, Colorado, New Hampshire, Michigan and Minnesota, the data revealed. The country is currently witnessing a downward trend in the pandemic situation, and the wave driven by the Delta variant is also receding.