The new top ten

[jon-nyc]

Top ten. And it looks like FL will pass NY this weekend.

1 month ago this was the top ten:

NY
CA
NJ
IL
TX
MA
FL
PA
MI
MD

[Horace]

Is there an explanation for CA that fits any political narrative? Or is this evidence that politics doesn't matter much for virus containment?

[jon-nyc]

It seems like over time this list should approach the list by population. Maybe discounted by differences in density.

Top 10 population list, with it's current covid rank:

CA - 1
TX - 4
FL - 3
NY - 2
PA - 10
IL - 6
OH - 17
GA - 7
NC - 11
MI - 14

[89th]

So...not affected by warm weather?

[jon-nyc]

Maybe affected the wrong way. Seems like the sunbelt is getting hit hard, seems like AC could be a factor.

[jon-nyc]

Texas's 7 day average of new cases is over 9k. FL is over 10k. NY is less than 700.

I'd guess TX will pass NY as well, in the next week.

[Horace]

Can these numbers be disentangled coherently from increased testing?

[jon-nyc]

Yes. Completely.

[jon-nyc]

j/k

These are relative rankings, not sure if there are vast disparities in testing capacity state to state. Could be, I guess, but much of the testing is done by private actors.

[jon-nyc]

The top four states in Covid ranking have now aligned with their population ranking:

Top 10 states by population, along with its covid ranking:

CA - 1
TX - 2
FL - 3
NY - 4
PA - 12
IL - 6
OH - 14
GA - 5
NC - 8
MI - 17

[jon-nyc]

Top ten from 9/28 compared to today.

[jon-nyc]

As a reminder, the population rankings are as follows. Number afterward indicates its Covid ranking:

CA - 2
TX - 1
FL - 3
NY - 4
PA - 14
IL - 5
OH - 10
GA - 6
NC - 7
MI - 13

[Aqua Letifer]

For those who like to look at state-by-state hospitalizations and haven't seen this before:

https://public.tableau.com/profile/peter.james.walker#!/vizhome/COVID-19SeeYourState/YourStateKeys

[Loki]

@jon-nyc How about deaths?

[jon-nyc]

Look at testing, normalized by population (7 day ave tests/day per 100k).

Alaska is in its own league, granted a small population and everything. But WY is even smaller population wise and they're no where near that.

[jon-nyc]

@Loki, I didn't mark that back in September so can't compare.

[George K]