In the first week of 2021, US states and territories reported more cases of COVID-19 than at any point in the pandemic so far, the second-highest number of deaths, and the most people currently hospitalized.
38% of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths in 2020 were among long-term-care residents and staff. December was the deadliest month in long-term-care facilities since we began tracking the data in May.
Holiday reporting is still affecting some metrics, but hospitalization reporting has stabilized. There are more than 132,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US, and hospitalizations per capita are alarmingly high in many southern and western states.
We are working with @propublica to try to better understand outbreaks in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities in the US. If you have experience with an LTC outbreak, @propublica reporters want to hear from you: covidtracking.com/data/long-term…
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Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1M tests, a record 310k cases, 131,889 COVID-19 hospitalizations, and 3,777 deaths. The 7-day averages for cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are at record highs.
NJ reported nearly 20K probable COVID-19 cases and CA reported over 50K cases. Both states greatly influenced the large uptick in today's total cases.
16 states reported their highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations this week.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 266k cases, 132,370 COVID-19 hospitalizations, and a record 4,033 deaths. The 7-day average for deaths is now over 2,750, also a record.
California, Florida, and Texas alone reported 80 thousand cases today.
But some small states have severe problems, too. Alabama, Arizona, and Nevada have very high hospitalization rates per capita.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.6M tests, 214k cases, a record 131,195 COVID-19 patients, and 3,478 deaths.
We are almost at our 7-day average peaks for cases and deaths. The next few days are likely to be worse, as the pandemic continues to rage across most of the country and states catch up on posting holiday-delayed data.
Hospitalizations in the South and West are now worse than the Midwest's peak. And the East is close and rising, too.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.6 million tests, 178k cases, a record 128,210 people hospitalized, and 1,545 COVID-19 deaths. The ongoing holiday effects are reflected in these figures.
The holidays have had a major impact on testing data. As a result, testing is falling in 33 states across the US.
Despite testing data dropping, the 7-day average for COVID-19 cases is higher than pre-holiday figures and increasing in many states across the US.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 173k cases, 125,057 people hospitalized, and 2,534 COVID-19 deaths. More than 20 states did not provide complete data today.
As you can see here, there is a mix of states reporting very high numbers, probably due in part to backlogs, and other states reporting nothing for the day.
California reported 585 deaths today. Before today, New York and Pennsylvania were the only states to have reported more than 500 deaths in a day.
CA, the most populous state, now also has more people hospitalized than NY did at the spring peak.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 221k cases, a record 125,379 people hospitalized, and 3,255 COVID-19 deaths.
Holiday reporting delays are still markedly affecting testing, case, and deaths figures. Of our four topline metrics, only hospitalizations counts remain relatively stable through holiday data disruptions.
Even with all the data pipeline disruptions, every week in December saw more deaths from COVID-19 than any week earlier in the year. December was the deadliest month of the pandemic by far. The 76,580 reported deaths in the month surpassed the heights of April (55,267).