5 Slide Series

This edition conveys some relatively positive news including that daily new cases are down more than two-thirds (68%) since January 12, and the 7-day rolling average for new daily cases has now fallen for 36 straight days. In addition, this…

This edition tabulates COVID death and case progression among the 25 most populous U.S. counties (which collectively are home to 21% of the country’s residents). We’ve also update vaccination data by state – as of February 10, all states have…

This edition of the 5 Slide Series provides more information than we usually include.  Given that we are now a year into the pandemic, many of our tabulations contrast what occurred during the first 6 months with the most recent…

This edition of our 5 Slide Series compares the first 6 months of the COVID pandemic with the second 6 months in terms of cases, deaths, and mortality rates at a state level. The US reported a 410% increase in…

This edition of our COVID 5 Slide Series focuses on the past week’s trends in COVID cases, deaths, and administered vaccines by state. Over the last week (January 14 – 20), there were 21,280 new COVID-attributed deaths, 1,351,276 new cases,…

This edition provides state-level detail of the past week’s very high COVID death toll, and also shows the accumulation of vaccinations (conveying first and second doses where reported).

This edition tabulates COVID statistics by state and month, quantifying December’s upward spike in COVID cases and deaths. We have also provided a state-by-state look at early COVID vaccination rates, and a comparison of death rates between the USA and…

Key findings from this edition, which tabulates monthly cases and deaths by state, are summarized below: - We expect that more COVID deaths will occur in December than in any prior month in the US overall and in 33 states.…

This edition looks at COVID deaths in each state by month, including an extrapolated estimate for November. We estimate that at least 21 states will experience their largest monthly COVID death volume this month (November). Nationwide, 44% more COVID deaths…

Our COVID tabulations this week looked at the weekly number of new cases that have occurred since mid-March, a timeframe spanning 31 weeks, and identified within each state where the most recent week (defined as October 5-12) ranked in terms…