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Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9 million tests, 214k cases, and 3,067 deaths. There are 107k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, a new all-time record.
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Switching to a per-capita view, Rhode Island saw the highest 7-day average of cases per million people in the country today—1,150. Only 12 states are below 500 cases per capita.
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Seven states reported more than 10k cases today: CA, FL, IL, NY, PA, OH, and TX.
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Even though the national 7-day average for deaths is the highest it’s ever been, only two states reported single-day record deaths today. This may be an indicator that we will see this number rise in the coming weeks.
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Our weekly update is published. The US saw record cases and hospitalizations. Deaths also broke the weekly record and surged 44% from the previous week. https://covidtracking.com/blog/our-worst-week-yet-dec-10…
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The trends in currently hospitalized data suggest that outbreak conditions in Midwest states are improving: 9 of 12 states saw falling hosp. this week compared to last. But nationally these improvements were offset by large hosp. increases in CA, GA, PA, and many Eastern states.
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In RI, more than 1 in 8 Latinx people have tested positive for COVID-19, compared to 1 in 31 white people. In SD, 1 in 7 Native Americans has tested positive for COVID-19. Per capita cases in this population have been the highest in SD for the last 3 months.