Month: March 2020

This edition tracks the progression of COVID-19 through the past week in each state and territory. Nationally the number of confirmed cases and COVID-19 attributed deaths each increased by more than a factor of six during this seven day period.

This edition provides updated COVID-19 data on five states where the per capita rate of infection has been highest – Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Washington. Confirmed cases and deaths are at the county level. Ten “hot spot” counties, nine of which are in New York and the tenth in Louisiana, accounted for 40% of all confirmed cases in the USA as of March 25

This edition shows the sharp trajectory of confirmed COVID-19 cases by state across the past few days. Between March 17 and March 19 there were more new confirmed cases in the USA and more attributed deaths than in all previous days combined. Confirmed cases and available testing statistics are also shown on a per capita basis.

This edition about the pandemic zooms in on Washington State and New York State, conveying county-level tabulations regarding the per capita rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases as of yesterday. We also show the number and proportion of Medicare beneficiaries in each county.

This edition presents tabulations on COVID-19 as a percentage of the population and shows the proportion of each state’s population comprised of Medicare beneficiaries (given the impact of the virus for elderly persons).