The US reported +429 new coronavirus deaths yesterday, bringing the total to 629,074. The 7-day moving average rose to 320 deaths per day.
The US had +101,098 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, the highest number since February 12, bringing the total to nearly 35.7 million. The 7-day moving average rose to 76,995 new cases per day.
New hospital admissions in the US due to COVID-19 rose +44.4% from a week ago, to their highest level since February 17.
27 US states had over 1,000 new cases yesterday. Florida led that pack with over 17,000 new cases (and topped that with over 21,000 today. It was followed by Texas with over 13,000 new cases.
Given the record-setting number out of Florida today, I will wait a few hours before continuing with the state by state breakdown.
In the meantime, here is the latest map from nytimes.com showing where COVID-19 has been spreading most rapidly in the US, over the past week.
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