Coronavirus Stats – the US Case – 03/31/2020 Update

Data Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
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Total Cases -- While the US outbreak started in Seattle, WA, New York City has been the epicenter for the last two weeks, accounting for 41% of the total cases. New Jersey was somewhat late to the saga but has gained significant momentum in he last two weeks, thus moving up the ladder to the 2nd position. Washington, the original front-runner, has now fallen to the 8th position, even below Florida and Illinois. California, on the other hand, has dropped from 2nd to 4th position, with 4% of the total cases. Michigan and Massachusetts have steadily trended up, now accounting for 4.1% and 3.6%, respectively. Louisiana is expected to overtake Washington tomorrow. 

Total Deaths -- In line with the total cases, New York now accounts for 41% of total deaths in the US. Fortunately, New Jersey's death rate has been lagging its proportional share of total cases. Conversely, Michigan has been registering higher death rate than its share of total cases. California has remained conforming. Washington is still reeling from the initial jolt of fatalities so their death rate has remained disproportionately high. Lately, Louisiana has been another sad story with very high deaths, thereby owning 6.3% of all deaths, despite recording only 2.8% of the total cases. Likewise, Georgia accounts for 2.1% of the total cases but owns 2.9% of all deaths thus far.

Active Cases -- Though the outbreak has been peaking in Europe, it is too premature to talk about a peak in the US. Therefore, the total cases and active cases are moving in tandem. For instance, New York accounts for 41% of the total cases and owns 40% of all active cases. Even Washington and California -- where the US outbreak started -- are still demonstrating conforming totals and active cases. As the domain of testing keeps widening, active cases will remain collinear for several weeks.

Data Source: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

-Sid Som
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