COVID-19 UPDATES: 10 / 24 / 20

WORLDOMETER statistics:

As of 10/23/2020 (GMT), the United States:

•  81,210 new cases.
•  2,819,508 active cases.
•  8,746,953 total cases.
•  903 new deaths.
•  229,284 total deaths.

JOHNS HOPKINS DAILY STATE BY STATE TESTING TRENDS statistics:

Nationally, America currently has a 5.7% rate of positive test result (trending upwards).  15 states have a positive rate higher than 10%.  The five states with the worst rates of positive tests are:

1. South Dakota, 35.2% positive rate
2. Idaho, 33.3% positive rate
3. Wyoming, 31.4% positive rate
4. Iowa, 22.3% positive rate
5. Kansas, 20.6% positive rate

Testing Trends:  14 states did more testing this week vs last week, 17 states + DC did LESS testing this week vs last week, 19 states did as much testing this week as they did last week

COVID TRACKING PROJECT

• Hospitalized:  41,485
• In ICU:  8,237
• On Ventilator:  2,180

Sources:

WorldoMeters:

Johns Hopkins:

The Covid Tracking Project:

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