[palmer]

The number of positive tests is increasing because the total number of tests performed is increasing.

In some places. In other places the positivity is increasing. AZ went from 5% positivity to 20%: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/covid-19/dashboards/index.php The number of positives per number of tests quadrupled.

[zeestephen]

I am focused on the national numbers.

Anecdotally, the numbers in the southern border states are surging because of legal and illegal Mexican immigrants seeking medical treatment at USA hospitals.

The number of deaths nationally has also flat lined - only Arizona shows a conspicuous percentage increase.