Our daily update is published. States reported 603k completed tests today, the second day in a row over 600k tests.
For details, see: covidtracking.com
For details, see: covidtracking.com
The South, as a whole, looks likely to cross over the 10% positive rate on the 200k+ tests reported per day in the region.
While the 7-day positive rate average has not crossed 10%... Today, 26,069 of the 219,280 tests reported in the South came back positive. That's 12%.
Nationally, more than 44k new cases were reported today. That's the third straight record day.
The big story among states today is Florida, which reported almost 9000 new cases.
18% of the tests reported today by the state were positive.
Florida *still* doesn't report the number of people currently hospitalized.
18% of the tests reported today by the state were positive.
Florida *still* doesn't report the number of people currently hospitalized.
This chart looks at per-capita testing rates and the percent positive. Arizona is all by itself, but South Carolina and Florida are moving rightward.
Here's a map of the number of new cases reported today. Note that Ohio and Alabama both almost broke 1,000.
States reported 619 deaths.
The 7-day average fell to 556.
The 7-day average fell to 556.
