After a Steep Plunge in Virus Cases, Every State Is Seeing an Uptick Hospitals are stretched thin in a few hot spots, but the vaccines are working and the national outlook remains far better than during previous surges. Dennis Shaffer received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Springfield, Mo., on Monday. That part of the state is seeing a rise in new virus cases.Credit...Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader, via Associated Press July 15, 2021, 6:28 p.m. ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The number of new coronavirus cases is increasing in every state, setting off a growing sense of concern from health officials who are warning that the pandemic in the United States is far from over, even though the national outlook is far better than during previous upticks.