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Coronavirus Watch is designed to give you ONE-STOP ACCESS to a wide variety of of the best journalism, analysis, videos, and other resources regarding the current COVID-19 crisis.
Coronavirus Watch is edited by the curation team at AccuRadio. (“Our Story” here.) We hope you find it valuable.
Statistics update for Friday 4/3/20
As you can see in the table below, through yesterday (4/2), total identified COVID-19 cases to date globally have passed the one miliion mark:
World | U.S. | Canada | NYC | |
CASES thru 4/2 | 1,015,065 | 244,877 | 11,283 | 93,053 |
New on 4/2 | 79,869 | 29,874 | 1,552 | 9,152 |
Increase | 9% | 14% | 16% | 11% |
DEATHS thru 4/2 | 53,167 | 6,070 | 173 | 2,538 |
New on 4/2 | 5,975 | 968 | 59 | 319 |
Increase | 13% | 19% | 52% | 14% |
Data source: Worldovision.info
Math note: If there’s a consistent 26% growth rate, it means that statistic is doubling every three days.
For a breakout of the individual U.S. states and territories, scroll to the bottom of this page. For information on other countries, visit Worldometers.info/coronavirus.
FEATURED OPINION:
Top priorities right now
(1) We all need to be doing rigorous social distancing to help flatten the curve (i.e., reduce the coming strain on our hospital systems).
(2) Numerous voices are now suggesting that the CDC gave us bad advice when they told us not to wear face masks — that in fact wearing cloth masks (not the hospital-grade masks, as those are needed by hospitals) is in fact a good idea.
(3) Major hotspots (e.g., NYC and New Orleans) urgently need more face masks, medical personnel, hospital rooms, and, most importantly, ventilators.
(4) We need to do what we can now to prevent this virus from spreading into poorer countries (in which social distancing in cities might be nearly impossible and hospitals are already under-resourced), where it could have a death toll in the tens of millions.
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If you’re craving leadership that’s professional, compassionate, and science- and data-oriented (and doesn’t feel like a partisan campaign rally), you can look to leaders like Canada’s Justin Trudea, New York’s Andrew Cuomo, and California’s Gavin Newsom.
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One of the best ways you can support the small businesses in your local community is to order a take-out or delivery meal from one of your favorite local restaurants.
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It’s becoming more clear that this could become an even worse crisis in large cities in third-world nations, as social distancing may be virtually impossible and hospitals are already badly under-resourced.
On the bright side, some analysts are suggesting that the mortality rate of COVID-19 may be significantly lower than generally believed, as a huge percentage of cases (e.g., those with mild symptoms) are not being tested and therefore not included in the denominator.
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Coronavirus Watch EXCLUSIVE: How your state ranks in cases and deaths per capita
States and territories below are sorted in descending order of cases to date per million persons in their population. Note that while California is in the news because of its large population (39 million people, more than 12% of the U.S. population), there are many states with a far higher incidence of cases and deaths on a population-adjusted basis. (Data through 4/1/20; source is Worldometers.info.) (Math note: When “Cases” rise to 10,000 per 1M population, that will mean that 1% of the population has a tested and confirmed case of COVID-19.)
Rank | Cases per 1M pop | Rank | Deaths per 1M pop | ||
New York | #1 | 4,313 | #1 | 114 | |
New Jersey | #2 | 2,506 | #3 | 40 | |
Louisiana | #3 | 1,382 | #2 | 59 | |
Massachusetts | #4 | 1,113 | #10 | 18 | |
Connecticut | #5 | 998 | #7 | 24 | |
Michigan | #6 | 935 | #4 | 34 | |
Dist. of Columbia | #7 | 830 | #11 | 16 | |
Washington | #8 | 767 | #5 | 33 | |
Colorado | #9 | 580 | #13 | 14 | |
Illinois | #10 | 551 | #15 | 11 | |
Rhode Island | #11 | 534 | #17 | 9 | |
Vermont | #12 | 514 | #6 | 26 | |
Pennsylvania | #13 | 469 | #21 | 6 | |
Guam | #14 | 465 | #9 | 18 | |
Georgia | #15 | 447 | #12 | 15 | |
Nevada | #16 | 415 | #18 | 8 | |
Tennessee | #17 | 393 | #38 | 4 | |
Indiana | #18 | 381 | #16 | 10 | |
Delaware | #19 | 378 | #14 | 11 | |
Idaho | #20 | 377 | #29 | 5 | |
Florida | #21 | 362 | #30 | 5 | |
Mississippi | #22 | 361 | #20 | 7 | |
Maryland | #23 | 328 | #27 | 5 | |
Utah | #24 | 316 | #48 | 2 | |
New Hampshire | #25 | 305 | #43 | 3 | |
US Virgin Islands | #26 | 286 | #54 | 0 | |
Wisconsin | #27 | 266 | #33 | 4 | |
Missouri | #28 | 258 | #44 | 3 | |
Maine | #29 | 256 | #26 | 5 | |
South Carolina | #30 | 251 | #28 | 5 | |
California | #31 | 248 | #25 | 5 | |
Wyoming | #32 | 237 | #55 | 0 | |
Alabama | #33 | 226 | #22 | 6 | |
Ohio | #34 | 218 | #24 | 6 | |
Montana | #35 | 203 | #23 | 6 | |
Arizona | #36 | 194 | #35 | 4 | |
Arkansas | #37 | 194 | #41 | 3 | |
North Dakota | #38 | 186 | #37 | 4 | |
Hawaii | #39 | 182 | #53 | 1 | |
Alaska | #40 | 182 | #34 | 4 | |
Oklahoma | #41 | 182 | #19 | 8 | |
Oregon | #42 | 175 | #31 | 5 | |
Iowa | #43 | 174 | #46 | 3 | |
Virginia | #44 | 174 | #36 | 4 | |
New Mexico | #45 | 173 | #45 | 3 | |
Kansas | #46 | 165 | #40 | 3 | |
North Carolina | #47 | 164 | #51 | 1 | |
Kentucky | #48 | 152 | #32 | 4 | |
South Dakota | #49 | 146 | #47 | 2 | |
Texas | #50 | 140 | #49 | 2 | |
Minnesota | #51 | 122 | #42 | 3 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | #52 | 109 | #8 | 18 | |
Nebraska | #53 | 109 | #50 | 2 | |
West Virginia | #54 | 107 | #52 | 1 | |
Puerto Rico | #55 | 90 | #39 | 3 |
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