Overall, the numbers are staying steady. Though they should start going down before I call it quits in 5 weeks. Locally, they have already started heading down.
This weekly update of cases is showing that the national average of daily new cases has been fairly steady for the past 3 weeks. This week the 14-day average of daily new cases decreased by 0.2% compared to a increase of 0.4% last week. It brings the national 2 week average down to 32.5 new cases per 100 000 people.
This first map shows the rate of new daily cases per 100 000 people. In my opinion, states have the spread of the virus under control if they can keep that down below 3/100k. There are no states below that level. The closest is New Hampshire at 14.3. There have been no states below 3/100k for seven weeks now. 31 states are above the 24/100k mark with Hawaii the highest at 73/100k. There were 33 states above that mark last week.
The second map shows the increase or decrease in the per capita rate of new cases over the past week compared to the week before. It is worth noting that this map only shows the difference from last week in order to highlight local surges or declines.
For the other places I’m tracking, here are the rates and percentages. I’ve been tracking the large cities and select countries for comparison. Those with rates lower than 3/100k, higher than 24/100k, or those with increases or decreases more than 20% have been put in bold :
Illinois: 31/100k, down 20%
Chicago: 27/100k, down 23%
New York City: 35/100k, up 13%
Los Angeles county: 44/100k, down 11%
North Carolina: 33/100k, down 9%
Canada: 7.8/100k, down 25%
Ontario: 4.9/100k, down 25%
Waterloo region: 3.8/100k, up 14%
Quebec: 4.5/100k, down 20%
Montreal: 7.8/100k, up 3%
India: 0.74/100k, up 70%
Italy: 47/100k, up 38%
France: 70/100k, up 107%
Spain: 27/100k, up 11%
Iran: 0.19/100k, up 26%
South Korea: 14.5/100k, down 35%
China: <0.01/100k, up 35%
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