Thread by @JulieMorr

Live tracker: How many coronavirus cases have been reported?
Using data from the COVID Tracking Project, we’re following how each state is responding to Covid-19.

Scroll down to the photo of the States in this article & then click on the State.
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Iowa 3,159 positives on Monday. And now today Wednesday, 3748 positives, Iowa has a population of 3.18 million.

Georgia on Monday had 18,947 positives, today they have 20,740. Georgia has a population of 10.6 million.

But they have opened up their stay at home orders. Salons, restaurants, tattoo parlors now open. Expect these numbers to go way up. #Georgia #Georgians #COVID19

Let’s look at Florida now, on Monday they had 26,660 positives. Today they have 28,309 positive, an increase of 1,649. But yet they have opened up their beaches without being able to know who might be asymptomatic? This seems very unwise to me. #Florida #FloridaCovid19 #COVID19

Sadly, New York was the first state to skyrocket in their #COVID19 numbers. New York has a population of 8.34 million.
Over 15,000 deaths so far.
Will other states follow New York when they had advance warning? Will their hospitals become overwhelmed? #NYC

South Dakota has had an uptick in virus numbers due to many in their meatpacking plant becoming infected. Their death numbers sadly will go up in 2 to 3 weeks. They do not have a stay in place order. Their governor refuses to issue one. They have a population of approx 895,000.

Michigan 33,966 positives today. Michigan has an approximate population of 10.05 million. They had a huge protest with people not observing social distancing rules. Expect these numbers to go way up in 10 to 12 days. #Michigan #COVID19 #StayHomeSaveLives

Texas has been encouraged to stay at home, but it’s not an order. They have a population of 29.9 million. #Texas #COVID19
As of today they have had 543 Deaths. 21,069 have tested positive.

Illinois 35,108 positives. They have a stay at home order.
Illinois has a population of 12.67 million. #COVID19 #Illinois

California has a stay in place order. San Francisco was the first city to issue one. The numbers are relatively low, given that the population is 40 million. California has had many staying in place for 6 weeks. Trails, beaches, parks all closed.
#CaliforniansForAll #COVID19

The Wisconsin GOP made it difficult for the people in Wisconsin. People had to brave the virus and stand in lines at times 4 hours long to just vote in inclement weather. I expect these numbers to increase. They have a population of almost 6 million. #WisconsinPandemicVoting

Oregon is doing well keeping it’s virus numbers down. It’s neighbor Washington was to have one of the first known cases. A population of 4.3 million. Oregon’s numbers are low. Oregon’s tracking efforts were strong & coupled with more aggressive social-distancing. #Oregon #COVID19