Our daily update is published. States reported record numbers of tests (1.5 million) and cases (116k). Hospitalizations continue their sharp rise. The death toll was 1,124. 
37 states reported over 1000 cases.
North Dakota hit over 2,000 cases per million today, a record in our data for any state.
Many states have set new record highs for cases in the last week.
Many states have set new record highs for cases in the last week.
New hospitalizations are accelerating. At this pace, we could see a record number of hospitalizations in the next week.
Looking at the weekly numbers, more than 600,000 new cases were reported from Thursday to Wednesday. Tests rose slightly. Hospitalization rose 14%. And deaths climbed for the 4th straight week.
In the Midwest, detected cases per capita are now well above any other region in any previous period since the pandemic arrived in the United States. As expected, Midwest hospitalizations are rising quickly.
While the smaller Midwest states were the first to see case and hospitalization surges, the problems have begun to hit the populous states like Illinois.
Disparities in cases and deaths across racial and ethnic communities remain high: In MT, one in every 18 Indigenous people has tested positive, compared to one in 67 white people. In ND, one in 11 Black people has tested positive, and in SD, the figure is one in 10.
While long-term care facility data continues to be patchy, what we do know is grim: Cases continued to rocket upward last week with 19,086 new cases and 1,839 new deaths among staff and residents. More than a quarter of these cases were in just three states: IL, OH, and TX.
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