5 Slide Series

This edition analyzes disparities in COVID deaths by race and by age cohort, showing monthly progressions during the pandemic. We’ve also assessed the proportion of all COVID deaths attributable to nursing home residents and how this has evolved over time.

This edition looks at the USA's most recent COVID deaths relative to prior weeks, compares the US with other developed countries regarding COVID death rates and population density, and compares the four major US regions on these metrics.

This edition presents the weekly progression of COVID deaths in the USA across the 23 weeks since the first death was reported. The week ending on August 1 was our seventh-worst week in terms of COVID deaths, and the fourth…

Today's edition frames how the USA's COVID death rate compares with other highly developed countries (our death rate is 78% higher). We also portray each state's weekly progression of COVID tests, cases, and deaths through the month of July. July…

This edition assesses the COVID death rate in the United States in a global context. The cumulative COVID death rate in the USA to date is 6.6 times higher than the rest of the world's collective rate. Of the 160…

This edition of the 5 slide series contains our tabulations of this week's COVID progression. By all key measures, this has been a troubling week in terms of the pandemic worsening. New deaths were 22% higher in the week of…

This week's edition of the 5 Slide Series tracks recent COVID-19 trends. We have summarized the weekly progression of cases, tests, and deaths through July 8 at the national, state, and county levels. 72% of the US population resides in…

This edition of our 5-slide series quantifies-- in numerous ways-- the disturbing resurgence of COVID-19. In 46 states, for example, the number of new cases emerging during June 23-30 surpassed the number from the prior week. The number of new…

This edition's COVID analytical focus has been on tabulating the weekly percentage increase in new tests relative to the weekly progression of new cases. Comparing June 17-24 with June 10-17, tests increased by 6% but new cases jumped up by…

This edition summarizes state and county dynamics regarding the progression of cases and deaths. We have tabulated new cases per capita by month in each state. More than half of the US population (54%) lives in a county that reported…