| 1 | Jun 24, '20 | The real news today is that the U.S. set a record for new cases today: 38,672. The previous record was April 25 at 36,001. | 7.2× | 0 | 4.1k | 3.1k | 106 |
| 2 | Mar 8, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 41k cases, 40,212 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and 839 deaths. This is our final day of data collection after a | 6.1× | 0 | 6k | 1.2k | 215 |
| 3 | Nov 12, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4M new tests and 144k cases, another all-time high. 65.4k people are hospitalized, 15k more than on election day. The death toll wa | 5.7× | 0 | 3.2k | 1.9k | 130 |
| 4 | Dec 10, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 210k cases, and a record 106,688 COVID-19 patients in US hospitals. There were 3,054 reported deaths today -- the | 5.3× | 0 | 3k | 1.8k | 89 |
| 5 | Nov 13, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported a record 1.7 million tests, 170k cases, and 69k current COVID-19 hospitalizations. The death toll was 1,301. | 4.4× | 0 | 2.5k | 1.3k | 93 |
| 6 | Dec 3, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4 million tests, 196k cases, and 2,733 deaths. There are 100,226 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US —the first t | 3.9× | 0 | 2.4k | 1.4k | 58 |
| 7 | Nov 11, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests and 131k cases, the highest single-day total since the pandemic started. There are 62k people currently hospitalize | 3.5× | 0 | 1.8k | 1.3k | 50 |
| 8 | Jun 21, '20 | A common question: are coronavirus cases going up because we're testing so many more people? A: Certainly not in Florida, where testing slowed down 3% while new cases grew 88% over | 3.5× | 0 | 2.6k | 1.5k | 122 |
| 9 | Dec 17, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 231k cases, and a record 3,400 deaths. There are 113,069 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, a new record | 3.3× | 0 | 1.9k | 1.2k | 51 |
| 10 | Nov 5, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests and 103k cases - the highest daily case count to date. 52k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 and toda | 3.3× | 0 | 1.8k | 1.2k | 53 |
| 11 | Oct 30, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported a new record number of cases—97k—and 1.4 million tests. Currently, 47k people are hospitalized. There were 933 COVID-19 deaths report | 3.3× | 0 | 2k | 1k | 57 |
| 12 | Jan 8, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 266k cases, 132,370 COVID-19 hospitalizations, and a record 4,033 deaths. The 7-day average for deaths is now over 2,750, | 3.3× | 0 | 1.5k | 1.2k | 50 |
| 13 | Nov 6, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported record numbers of tests (1.5 million) and cases (116k). Hospitalizations continue their sharp rise. The death toll was 1,124. | 3.2× | 0 | 1.8k | 1.1k | 54 |
| 14 | Feb 1, '21 | Some important news about CTP: After a year of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting COVID-19 data for the United States—and months of preparation for what we’re about to announc | 3.2× | 0 | 2.8k | 706 | 102 |
| 15 | Nov 21, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9 million tests, 193k cases, and 82k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Reported deaths were 1,862. Test, case, and hospi | 3.0× | 0 | 1.8k | 1.1k | 63 |
| 16 | Nov 20, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 183k cases, and 81k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Reported deaths were 1,971, the highest since May | 3.0× | 0 | 1.6k | 1.1k | 58 |
| 17 | Nov 8, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests and 128k cases, making today the fourth day in a row the US broke its case count record. There are 56k people curre | 2.9× | 0 | 1.8k | 1k | 39 |
| 18 | Nov 19, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5M tests, 164k cases, and 1,869 deaths. A record 79k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Today's death count | 2.8× | 0 | 1.6k | 1k | 55 |
| 19 | Nov 13, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests, 151k cases, and 67k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,104. Both case and hospitali | 2.7× | 0 | 1.5k | 1k | 50 |
| 20 | Nov 13, '20 | Our data shows that one in every 378 US residents has tested positive for COVID-19 this week. The situation is particularly alarming in the Dakotas, where one in less than 100 peop | 2.6× | 0 | 1.7k | 961 | 53 |
| 21 | Jul 1, '20 | States reported over 50k cases for the first time today, another new record. The national positivity rate is over 7% now, despite ever higher testing levels. Hospitalizations are n | 2.5× | 0 | 1.6k | 1.1k | 86 |
| 22 | Oct 23, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported a record high 1.3 million tests and 83k cases. There are currently 41k people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 916 deaths were reported | 2.5× | 0 | 1.5k | 826 | 51 |
| 23 | Nov 7, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5 million tests and a record 126k cases. There are 55k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,186. | 2.4× | 0 | 1.3k | 914 | 28 |
| 24 | Nov 25, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 167k cases, and 2,028 deaths. 88k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, reaching a new all-time high for th | 2.4× | 0 | 1.4k | 854 | 39 |
| 25 | Dec 31, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.6 million tests, 226k cases, a record 125,220 hospitalizations, and a record 3,903 COVID-19 deaths. Holiday reporting delays are st | 2.4× | 0 | 1.3k | 859 | 40 |
| 26 | Nov 26, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 183k cases, and 2,284 deaths. 90k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, reaching a new all-time high for th | 2.3× | 0 | 1.4k | 874 | 36 |
| 27 | Dec 18, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9 million tests, 242k cases, 3,438 deaths, and 114k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Both case and hospitaliz | 2.2× | 0 | 1.5k | 876 | 45 |
| 28 | Oct 29, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported a record number of cases—88.5k—and 1.3 million tests. 46k people are hospitalized. The death toll was 1049. | 2.1× | 0 | 1.2k | 727 | 39 |
| 29 | Dec 5, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 225k cases, and 2,563 deaths. There are 101,276 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Both case a | 2.1× | 0 | 1.4k | 788 | 37 |
| 30 | Dec 4, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8 million tests, 210k cases, and 2,706 deaths. There are 101k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. Both case and | 2.1× | 0 | 1.2k | 746 | 38 |
| 31 | Oct 22, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.1 million tests, 73k cases, and 41k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 1,038, the highest since late S | 2.1× | 0 | 1.2k | 744 | 39 |
| 32 | Jan 9, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1M tests, a record 310k cases, 131,889 COVID-19 hospitalizations, and 3,777 deaths. The 7-day averages for cases, hospitalizations, | 2.0× | 0 | 1.2k | 836 | 31 |
| 33 | Jul 21, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 63k new cases, about the same number as last Tuesday. They also recorded more than 1,000 deaths for the first time since May 29th. To | 1.9× | 0 | 1.3k | 832 | 41 |
| 34 | May 1, '20 | South Dakota began reporting race & ethnicity data today. In a 90% white state, almost 70% of cases are people of color because of meatpacking outbreaks. Of the 3 states still | 1.9× | 0 | 1.2k | 952 | 65 |
| 35 | Oct 25, '20 | Today, the U.S. set a new record for new cases averaged over a 7-day period: 68,954. The previous high was 66,844, set on July 23. | 1.9× | 0 | 1.1k | 762 | 25 |
| 36 | Dec 11, '20 | 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. | 1.9× | 0 | 1.2k | 731 | 27 |
| 37 | Jan 7, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 243k cases, a record 132,476 people hospitalized, and 3,793 COVID-19 deaths. Today's cases and deaths are the seco | 1.8× | 0 | 1.1k | 661 | 30 |
| 38 | Jan 21, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8M tests, 186k cases, 122,700 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and a record 4,409 deaths. | 1.8× | 0 | 1k | 683 | 31 |
| 39 | Nov 18, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5M tests, 155K cases, and 1,565 deaths. 77k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US. | 1.8× | 0 | 1.3k | 660 | 25 |
| 40 | Jan 13, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.9M tests, 214k cases, 131,326 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 4,056 deaths. | 1.7× | 0 | 1k | 662 | 33 |
| 41 | Jul 11, '20 | Our update is published. Testing plateaued this week for the first time since mid-May. Cases rose to record levels anyway. Hospitalizations increased; Florida's new reporting made | 1.7× | 0 | 1.2k | 702 | 57 |
| 42 | Jun 24, '20 | The surge of new cases across the southern US can’t be explained by more testing. Here's the evidence: | 1.7× | 0 | 1.2k | 700 | 82 |
| 43 | Nov 14, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 163k cases, and 1,321 deaths. There are 69,455 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. | 1.7× | 0 | 1.2k | 636 | 31 |
| 44 | Oct 9, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.1 million tests, 58k cases, 35k currently hospitalized, and 904 COVID-19 deaths. Today's case count is the highest since August 7. | 1.7× | 0 | 992 | 690 | 29 |
| 45 | Oct 24, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 83k cases, 42k currently hospitalized. The death toll was 885 today. | 1.6× | 0 | 1.1k | 621 | 28 |
| 46 | Nov 17, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.5M tests, 149K cases, and 581 deaths. A record 73k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Texas did not report testing da | 1.6× | 0 | 1.2k | 560 | 26 |
| 47 | Dec 2, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.3 million tests, 177k cases, and 2,473 deaths. There are 99k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US, a new record. | 1.6× | 0 | 1k | 588 | 29 |
| 48 | Apr 21, '20 | Deaths rose to a new single-day high in our dataset. Because of weekend reporting lags, Tuesday numbers have set new highs (to that date) throughout April. Tues 4/21: 2,674 deaths | 1.6× | 0 | 921 | 745 | 36 |
| 49 | Jul 29, '20 | OK, our daily update is published. States reported 840k tests completed, nearly 66k new cases, and hospitalizations ticked up. The major observation, however, is that states report | 1.6× | 0 | 978 | 703 | 41 |
| 50 | Nov 12, '20 | Texas made a late update to deaths, reporting 141. That brings our national death toll for today to 1562. That's the highest number of fatalities since May 14. | 1.5× | 0 | 1.1k | 567 | 16 |
| 51 | Jan 15, '21 | COVID-19 deaths are 25% higher than any other week since the pandemic began. For scale, COVID-19 deaths reported this week exceed the CDC's estimate of 22K flu-related deaths durin | 1.5× | 0 | 1.1k | 590 | 54 |
| 52 | Jun 26, '20 | The big story among states today is Florida, which reported almost 9000 new cases. 18% of the tests reported today by the state were positive. Florida *still* doesn't report the nu | 1.5× | 0 | 1k | 644 | 16 |
| 53 | Oct 28, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1 million tests, 79k cases, 45k currently hospitalized. The COVID-19 death toll was 1,025 today. | 1.5× | 0 | 1k | 577 | 26 |
| 54 | Dec 12, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1 million tests, a record 232k cases, and 2,749 deaths. There are 108k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, also an all-tim | 1.5× | 0 | 963 | 597 | 28 |
| 55 | Oct 14, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 949k tests, 57k cases (a 10k increase from yesterday), and 809 deaths. 37k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. | 1.4× | 0 | 937 | 610 | 23 |
| 56 | Oct 16, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.15 million tests, 68k cases, and 877 deaths. 37k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. This is the highest case count si | 1.4× | 0 | 924 | 593 | 25 |
| 57 | Jan 14, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8M tests, 219k cases, 130,383 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 4,022 deaths. | 1.4× | 0 | 941 | 571 | 19 |
| 58 | Jan 24, '21 | Except for Christmas day, today's case number is the lowest since December 1. Cases are now declining across all regions of the country. | 1.4× | 0 | 1.5k | 361 | 14 |
| 59 | Jul 15, '20 | We support more transparency and hope all the HHS data will be released. That said, there’s a reason we built a process to capture national numbers that doesn’t rely on our nationa | 1.4× | 0 | 1.6k | 406 | 8 |
| 60 | Dec 9, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.6 million tests, 213k cases, and 2,622 deaths. There are 104,600 COVID-19 patients in US hospitals. | 1.4× | 0 | 911 | 523 | 19 |
| 61 | Jul 15, '20 | If you’ve seen the news that the Federal government has re-routed hospital data into a new system at HHS, we do not think that our states-based data compilation will be affected by | 1.4× | 0 | 1.4k | 449 | 17 |
| 62 | Oct 24, '20 | Here is the same data displayed weekly. Tests rose 3.8% from a week ago, while cases are up 20.6%. Deaths also grew by more than 15%. | 1.4× | 0 | 995 | 559 | 36 |
| 63 | Nov 9, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.1 million tests, 103k cases, and 57k people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. The death toll was 462. | 1.4× | 0 | 921 | 489 | 24 |
| 64 | Mar 15, '20 | Daily 4pm update. Across 50 states and DC we've tracked: 3,173 positives 22,548 negatives 2,242 pending. Total # of people tested: 27,963. Before trying to interpret this data, ple | 1.3× | 0 | 843 | 481 | 67 |
| 65 | Dec 23, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 221k cases, and 3,379 deaths. There are a record 119,463 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized. | 1.3× | 0 | 933 | 537 | 29 |
| 66 | Mar 19, '21 | For many weeks now, the number of cases and hospitalizations has been going down across the country. Unfortunately, that trend has now reversed in the state of Michigan. Cases * an | 1.2× | 0 | 881 | 449 | 35 |
| 67 | Oct 30, '20 | Case growth is far outpacing testing through the US, suggesting that current case surges are an indication of uncontrolled spread of COVID-19. | 1.2× | 0 | 856 | 468 | 35 |
| 68 | Nov 28, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1M tests (record), 194k cases (record), 89,834 current hospitalizations, and 1,374 deaths. | 1.2× | 0 | 927 | 463 | 28 |
| 69 | May 5, '20 | It's worth zooming in on one state story, Michigan. A few weeks ago, it looked like it might turn into another New York. Deaths were rising rapidly, peaking at over 200 per day. No | 1.2× | 0 | 1k | 362 | 17 |
| 70 | Mar 21, '20 | Our 4 pm update is published. The US has now completed tests on at least 179,220 people, up 44,035 from yesterday's total. Note that we can only track tests that a state reports (f | 1.2× | 0 | 1.1k | 370 | 48 |
| 71 | Jan 10, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.0M tests, 262k cases, 130,777 current hospitalizations, and 3,500 deaths. Average hospitalizations and daily reported deaths are at | 1.2× | 0 | 864 | 487 | 19 |
| 72 | Feb 16, '21 | As we've mentioned, we’re winding down our data compilation on Mar 7. We believe that many federal datasets are now very good and ready to use. We want to help everyone understand | 1.2× | 0 | 1.3k | 211 | 148 |
| 73 | Jul 8, '20 | There’s been a lot of discussions about deaths continuing to trend down as cases have surged. This chart provides a partial answer to what’s been happening. The falling numbers in | 1.2× | 0 | 874 | 480 | 39 |
| 74 | Dec 1, '20 | Our daily update is published. Our testing, case, and death statistics continue to be affected by the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Hospitalizations are less affected by the da | 1.2× | 0 | 981 | 418 | 23 |
| 75 | Oct 31, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4 million tests, 90k cases, and 47k hospitalized people. The death toll was 960. | 1.2× | 0 | 898 | 446 | 14 |
| 76 | Jul 27, '20 | Once again, the state data on current COVID-19 hospitalizations is unstable. CA, SC, and TX have all posted notices stating their hosp. data is incomplete because of the HHS change | 1.2× | 0 | 820 | 484 | 19 |
| 77 | Oct 27, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.05 million tests, 73k cases, and 44,212 people hospitalized. The reported death toll was 931. | 1.1× | 0 | 842 | 382 | 22 |
| 78 | Dec 16, '20 | Two states—Idaho and Michigan—have added an important new metric to their dashboards... Vaccine doses administered! | 1.1× | 0 | 1.4k | 198 | 3 |
| 79 | Oct 2, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.1 million tests, 50k cases, and 835 deaths. 31k patients are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. This is our highest recorded tes | 1.1× | 0 | 819 | 469 | 19 |
| 80 | Dec 19, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.1 million tests, 229k cases, and 2,751 deaths. There are a record 114,751 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19. | 1.1× | 0 | 849 | 453 | 15 |
| 81 | Nov 18, '20 | 20 states are at their record currently hospitalized today. | 1.1× | 0 | 844 | 427 | 23 |
| 82 | Jan 24, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7M tests, 143k cases, and 1,940 deaths. 110,628 people are currently hospitalized in the U.S., the fewest since December 14. | 1.1× | 0 | 1k | 357 | 11 |
| 83 | May 19, '20 | Several dozen of our volunteers spent the last 5 days evaluating the new @CDCgov data. This is the white paper we produced. | 1.1× | 0 | 883 | 363 | 75 |
| 84 | Dec 30, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.2 million tests, 195k cases, 124,686 hospitalizations, and 3,283 deaths. Holiday reporting delays are still markedly affecting test | 1.1× | 0 | 785 | 412 | 19 |
| 85 | Dec 16, '20 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.7 million tests, 190k cases, and 2,918 deaths. 112,816 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. | 1.0× | 0 | 809 | 396 | 20 |
| 86 | Feb 13, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 1.8M tests, 101k cases, 71,504 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,918 deaths. The 7-day average for cases has dropped | 1.0× | 0 | 921 | 352 | 14 |
| 87 | Jan 16, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2.3M tests, 244k cases, 127,235 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,679 deaths. The 7-day average for tests is at a re | 1.0× | 0 | 803 | 406 | 16 |
| 88 | Jan 31, '21 | The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the US is now below 100k for the first time since December 1. Almost all US states are seeing hospitalizations decline | 1.0× | 0 | 1.1k | 264 | 6 |
| 89 | Jan 31, '21 | Our daily update is published. States reported 2M tests, 147k cases, 97,561 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 2,972 deaths. | 0.9× | 0 | 847 | 295 | 12 |
| 90 | Aug 12, '20 | In better news, New York has continued to test large numbers of people while cases have remained consistently, impressively low. | 0.9× | 0 | 911 | 236 | 8 |
| 91 | Apr 4, '20 | The biggest thing in this update is that California added 75k+ negative test results and only 1300 new positives. This must be a reporting restatement. It's a HUGE change in the te | 0.9× | 0 | 953 | 228 | 17 |
| 92 | Apr 1, '21 | Over the past few weeks, we’ve noticed that newsrooms of all sizes—and even some government agencies—have fallen into some of the data potholes that we’ve become familiar with in o | 0.9× | 0 | 859 | 209 | 79 |
| 93 | Jul 12, '20 | A better milestone. New York City saw at least one COVID-19 death on every day since mid March. That's 120+ days. Yesterday, after months of communal effort by the people of the ci | 0.8× | 0 | 916 | 214 | 3 |
| 94 | Feb 4, '21 | The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is below 90k for the first since since Nov 27. | 0.7× | 0 | 782 | 197 | 6 |
| 95 | Feb 1, '21 | The CDC and HHS are now publishing data that is much more comparable to the figures we have been compiling from states since last spring. Gaps and inconsistencies remain, and we wi | 0.7× | 0 | 952 | 115 | 5 |
| 96 | Feb 1, '21 | We began this project to hold the federal government accountable for missing data. We ended up provisioning many kinds of COVID-19 data for the US for 11 months and counting. None | 0.6× | 0 | 926 | 80 | 3 |
| 97 | Mar 8, '21 | And—this is @alexismadrigal and @kissane—we have to thank CTP’s contributors. This project came out of nothing. You became its blood and bones. We know how much you sacrificed—jobs | 0.6× | 0 | 824 | 45 | 3 |
| 98 | Mar 8, '21 | Our data collection ends today, but the CTP will continue publishing accountability work. We want to use our knowledge of the nation's data to show how we might fix the structural | 0.6× | 0 | 785 | 84 | 3 |
| 99 | Mar 8, '21 | We have many thank yous. First, to the frontline healthcare workers, who risked their lives to treat this emerging disease. | 0.5× | 0 | 848 | 49 | 1 |
| 100 | Mar 8, '21 | Second, thank you to the health department officials who gathered up the data that we compile. We know that we are merely the last step that this data takes. What you all have done | 0.5× | 0 | 771 | 46 | 1 |