Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 144k cases, 108,957 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,734 deaths. 4 bar charts showing key COVID-19 metrics for the US over ti
The U.S. hit 25 million confirmed cases in our data today. This is only a fraction of the real number of infections, which modeling experts estimate is at least several times higher. A bar chart of cumulative U.S. cases showing the date on whi
The number of hospitalized COVID-19 cases is falling nearly everywhere in the country. (Among the outliers: Hawaii and Vermont numbers are quite small, and Kansas's data regularly bounces around.)
While cases and hospitalizations are falling, the 7-day average for deaths jumped up today. That's because last Tuesday's data was depressed by the holiday. We do expect, however, that deaths could stay elevated for quite a while. 4 bar charts showing the number of deaths in the Northeast,
After many dark weeks, the situation in California is improving. Today's reported case count is the lowest since December 1st. Hospitalizations have fallen to levels last seen before Christmas.

However: Reported deaths are a lagging indicator, but remain at record levels. 4 bar charts showing California's tests, cases, hospitalizat

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