States reported over 50k cases for the first time today, another new record. The national positivity rate is over 7% now, despite ever higher testing levels.
Hospitalizations are now at late-May levels.
Hospitalizations are now at late-May levels.
Several big states reported record numbers today: Arizona, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas.
25% of states have seen their highest new cases number this week.
Hospitalizations continue to spike in the South and West, as we await the number of currently hospitalized people in Florida, which the state says it will begin reporting in the next few days.
In Arizona, cases and hospitalizations continue to spike. Over a quarter of all coronavirus tests now come back positive. Death data has been jumpy from day to day but the rolling average is rising, and the state reported a record number of deaths today.
In Arizona, cases and hospitalizations continue to spike. Over a quarter of all coronavirus tests now come back positive. Death data has been jumpy from day to day but the rolling average is rising, and the state reported a record number of deaths today.
Georgia's numbers have started to look quite bad. Over the last few weeks, testing has grown a little while daily new cases have tripled.
The number of currently hospitalized COVID patients in Texas surpassed California today.
We have an update to today's chart of daily deaths with California's (late arriving) number included. The 7-day average was almost unchanged at 520.
