HSP compiled the following COVID-19 Statistics for U.S. States and Territories (sorted by cases per million people). This data stands as of Monday, April 6, 2020.
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Next up are infection stats for the states. So that I don’t bury the lead, there is good news: the 2-day increase in cases is 18% compared to the prior 2-day increase in cases of 28%. The pure number of new cases declined to 55,000 from 66,000 in the prior 2-day period. All good news.
In terms of states and cases, the top ten didn’t change, although PA overtook IL in total cases within the top ten. The bottom ten didn’t change either.
The 2-day change in case growth was led by new states: South Dakota, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland, nearly all on the Eastern Seaboard. Note that NY/NJ are not in the top five! NY’s growth rate over the past 2 days was only 15% and NJ’s rate was 20%. Overall it is great that no state posted a 2-day growth rate above 36%.
The “infection rate of those tested” top states tells the story about systems under stress that cannot seem to keep up with the infections. OK, NY, NJ, MI, and CT. On the other hand, there are some remarkably positive stories too, and it portends good things. There are 18 states with infection rates per test under 8% (with AK and HI under 3%).
Cases per million people are still highest in the states you’ve heard the most about: NY, NJ, CT, LA, MI and MA. However in 1/3 of the country, including California and Texas, the infection rate per million is under 363. The average is 1,100 per million. If the U.S. was as infected as NY, we would have 2.2 million cases nationwide (confirmed…). I need to give a shout out to Texas, a huge state with very low infection rates. They don’t need more problems with the oil market collapse. Also, Minnesota, a place that some say social distances as a general rule, is in “last” place in terms of infections per million. Good for them!
Next up we go to fatalities. Never good news but we will take improvements. Stand by!
