At least
234,000
people have died from coronavirus in the U.S.
At least 9,236,000 cases have been reported.
Places with highest daily reported cases per capita
7-day rolling average of daily new reported cases per 100,000 residents
North Dakota
+17%rise in new
cases in past
week
South Dakota
+33%Wisconsin
+6%Montana
+10%Wyoming
+25%Iowa
+44%Rather than one peak and valley, the daily numbers through the months rise and dip like rolling hills.
The average daily death toll had declined from more than 2,000 per day in April to a low of 463 per day in early July. However, case counts shot up as people began to venture out in summer, and deaths soon followed. By August the virus was killing an average of more than 1,000 people each day.
By October, the average was about 800 per day, and several states reported record average highs in new infections and hospitalizations.
Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 6.4%.
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Numbers in this story have fluctuated as testing and reporting criteria evolved, particularly in areas that were hard-hit early in the pandemic. In mid-April, New York City added more than 3,700 deaths of people who were presumed to have died from covid-19 but were never tested. New Jersey added more than 1,800 on June 25. In September, the Post changed its methodology for reporting deaths in New York and adjusted by adding a one-day increase of more than 2,700 on the 18th.
Health officials, including the country’s top infectious disease expert, Anthony S. Fauci, have said the virus has killed more people than official death tolls indicate.
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No longer concentrated solely in urban areas or in nursing homes, prisons and factories, the virus seems to flourish wherever people let down their guard.
It continues to kill in New York, which was slammed with the brunt of the new disease in spring and where at least 33,000 have died. New clusters emerged there recently, prompting Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to impose new restrictions on residents in those communities.
Sun Belt states had serious outbreaks after Memorial Day when people flocked to beaches. By late summer, the hottest hot spots were in the Midwest. In August and September, clusters appeared in newly reopened college campuses, particularly in the northeast and Midwest. By October, some Upper Midwest, Great Plains and Western states experienced record surges, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arkansas, the Dakotas and even Alaska.
In the absence of a federal plan, containment strategies vary by stateand locality. Governors in several states have paused or reversed reopening plans to try to stifle new outbreaks.
By late July, more than 30 states required masks in public places and many retail chains required them in their stores.
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People older than 65 and those with obesity and underlying health problems are the mostly likely to die from covid-19, but a large percentage of infections occur in younger, more mobile people. People under 40 tend to become less sick but also unknowingly may pass the disease to others around them.
The virus rarely kills children, although researchers have linked it to a mysterious and deadly inflammatory syndrome.
Outbreaks of covid-19 have hit Black, Hispanic, and Native American communities particularly hard.
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Sparsely populated areas don’t have the huge raw numbers that cities have reported, but some rank among the highest in deaths and cases per capita. People in very rural areas are more likely to die of flu than urbanites and may be more vulnerable to covid-19 as well, according to a Post analysis of CDC data.
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Testing was slow to begin in the United States, and a system has yet to be perfected or standardized across all states and territories.
Surging demand has often overwhelmed testing infrastructure, muddying the ability of officials to get a true picture of the virus’s reach. In late June, CDC Director Robert Redfield estimated that, based on antibody tests, the actual number of U.S. residents who have been infected by the virus is likely to be 10 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.
Recently, conflicting CDC guidelines about whether people without symptoms should be tested caused confusion and inhibited contract tracing.
| State | Tests reported per 100k | New tests reported in last 7 days per 100k | Percent positive in last 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 73,353 | 4,671 | 1% |
| Texas | 28,976 | 1,680 | 9% |
| California | 47,114 | 2,455 | 3% |
| Florida | 48,274 | 2,582 | 5% |
| New Jersey | 51,504 | 2,663 | 5% |
| Illinois | 59,614 | 4,098 | 8% |
| Massachusetts | 87,991 | 7,244 | 2% |
| Pennsylvania | 19,572 | 876 | 13% |
| Georgia | 34,337 | 1,245 | 8% |
| Michigan | 48,828 | 3,376 | 6% |
| State | Currently hospitalized for covid per 100k | Currently occupied ICU beds per 100k | Change in hosp. from last week |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 47 | – | 15% |
| North Dakota | 39 | 6 | 4% |
| Montana | 34 | – | 2% |
| Nebraska | 28 | – | 36% |
| Wisconsin | 27 | 6 | 24% |
| Missouri | 25 | 8 | 13% |
| Indiana | 25 | 8 | 7% |
| Illinois | 24 | 5 | 24% |
| Arkansas | 24 | 8 | 5% |
| Mississippi | 24 | 6 | 2% |
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Design and development by Leslie Shapiro, Youjin Shin and Chris Alcantara. Story by Bonnie Berkowitz. Kevin Schaul, Joe Fox, Brittany Renee Mayes, Jacqueline Dupree, Simon Glenn-Gregg, Erik Reyna, Susan Tyler, Lenny Bronner and Peter Andringa contributed to this report. Editing by Armand Emamdjomeh and Danielle Rindler. Contact the team at uscoronavirustracker@washpost.com.
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