This edition tracks each state’s progression of new cases across the months of March and April. The key statistic we focus on is the level of average new confirmed cases per day, which was higher during the second half of April in 28 states than it has been at any prior point in time. 60% of the USA population resides in these 28 states where new case volume has recently continued to increase.

Similarly, looking at this past week (April 22-29) versus the prior week, 53% of the USA population resides in a county where the rate of new cases per day increased.