Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests, 119k cases, and 59k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 580.
Today's hospitalization number marks the largest single-day increase since July 10, and the highest total number since July 25.
South Dakota's hospitalization rates are the highest in the country. There are 640 currently hospitalized per million people in the state.
Illinois has reported over 10k daily cases for 4 consecutive days.
The nationwide 7-day average for cases is now over 100k.
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Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4M new tests and 144k cases, another all-time high. 65.4k people are hospitalized, 15k more than on election day. The death toll was 1,421, pushing the 7-day average over 1,000.
On a per capita basis, more people are now dying across the Midwest than even at the peak of the summer surge in the South.
Deaths are up substantially in every state in the Midwest region—and we're now seeing more fatalities from the most populous states.
The third wave of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities is here. Since May, we have compiled all the data states provide on cases and deaths within these facilities, where a shocking 40% of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths have originated - that’s 91,596 deaths.
In October, 8.4% of long-term care facility residents diagnosed with COVID-19 died. The rising cases of the past few weeks are resulting in the highest number of deaths in months as states and facilities fail to protect these most vulnerable Americans.
South Dakota’s long-term care data last week painted a dire picture as 73% of deaths that occurred in the state were among long-term care residents. covidtracking.com/data/state/sou…
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests and 131k cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic started. There are 62k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,347.
Today’s number of currently hospitalized people—62k—is also a record. A total of 17 states have reported single-day record hospitalizations.
Deaths are also rising. Today’s death count is the highest since August 19, pushing the 7-day average up to nearly 1,000.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.1 million tests, 103k cases, and 57k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 462.
This is the largest number of cases ever reported on a Sunday—more than 25k more than last week—despite California not reporting by the time we published this data.
The 7-day average of deaths reported by states is now up 36% in the last 3 weeks. Here's a chart of deaths since July 1.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests and 128k cases, making today the fourth day in a row the US broke its case count record. There are 56k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,097.
A total of 715k cases were reported last week. This means that 1 in every 462 people in the US tested positive for COVID-19 last week. Hosp. are also spiking in all regions, and are now close to the totals we saw in the spring and summer surges.
Illinois reported an all-time high case count today—12k. Cases in the midwestern state have doubled in the past two weeks, pushing the per-capita case total to nearly 1,000.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests and a record 126k cases. There are 55k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,186.
Daily tests continue to rise, but it’s unclear how many are antigen tests. As we noted in our weekly update yesterday, @HarvardGH estimates a need for ~14 million daily tests. US daily tests have yet to exceed 1.5 million.
Deaths are increasing across the US, particularly in the Midwest. Today's national total is the highest since Sept 16. The 7-day average for deaths is the highest since Aug 31.