Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 144k cases, 108,957 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,734 deaths.
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.
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.)
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 174K cases, and 3,577 deaths. 114k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Only two weeks ago, that number was 131k.
The weekly view today shows cases down 21%, with more modest but very welcome drops in hospitalizations and deaths. The 7-day average for cases has returned to pre-Thanksgiving levels. Tests are slightly down, possibly because most of the backlogs have now been resolved.
The reporting backlogs from Nov and Dec holidays make the past six weeks of case numbers look jumpy, but the drop we’re seeing now is very encouraging—though we’re still seeing almost three times as many new cases each day as we did at the summer peak.
Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 185k cases, 119,927 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,889 deaths.
Over 400k people in the US have died of COVID-19. A reminder that our dataset does not include probable deaths reported in NY which is why this grim milestone lagged by a few days from other datasets. More details here: covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
Despite the alarmingly high death numbers, there are encouraging trends in COVID-19 case and hospitalization data. Read more about our weekly analysis here: covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
Our weekly update is published. Weekly cases are down 20%, and after 16 weeks of increases, weekly hospitalizations are down 4%. Yesterday’s record deaths brought the weekly total to 21,301―the 2nd highest number of deaths since the start of the pandemic. covidtracking.com/analysis-updat…
For the 2nd week in a row, LTC facilities reported the highest weekly death toll—over 7,000. It’s likely that winter holiday backlogs and a change in Iowa’s death reporting have influenced this high number.
On a more hopeful note, hospitalizations declined in almost every state over the past week. Only New York saw an increase in hospitalized patients (4% higher), while MA was essentially flat.
Our daily update is published. States reported 2M tests, 215k cases, 126,139 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,695 deaths. The 7-day average for tests is at a record high.
After a major dip around the holidays, the number of reported tests has come back to record levels.
The case and hospitalization numbers are at very high absolute levels, but — at least for the past few days — both measures have leveled off in all regions.
Our daily update is published. States reported 2.3M tests, 244k cases, 127,235 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,679 deaths. The 7-day average for tests is at a record high.
On a national level, it appears COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the decline. Note: there are still some jurisdictions experiencing an overwhelming amount of hospitalizations.
Some encouraging news: the 7-day averages for cases are declining in all 4 regions.