Weekly round-up for February 8, 2021

The nation continued a strong downward trend in average confirmed cases per day but deaths showed only signs of plateauing, not declining. Total cumulative COVID deaths edged to 465,000. Since the US vaccination program began, more than 32 million people have received at least one shot, and more than 9 million have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Cases:
With the downward national trend in new cases, the number of states falling below the “high” case rate (25+ cases/100k population) further increased from 10 to 18 states, primarily along the upper third of the country. States with the highest rates shifted eastward, with the SC, NC, and AR showing daily rates of 65, 56, and 52 cases/100k respectively. Seven-day trends in COVID rates show declining rates in all but four states, including AK, VT, NC, and AR. More states had higher case rates in urban counties than rural counties. Deaths:
COVID death rates slightly rising from 9.4 to 9.6 deaths/1M population, with rural counties climbing. Arizona remains in the nation’s top three states with highest COVID-19 death rates, but more Southeastern and Midwestern states rising. Seven-day trends in COVID deaths showed about half of states with falling rates (green) but rising rates in states scattered around the country. In much of the nation, rural counties have higher death rates than urban ones, with the exception of states in the northern Plains northern Rockies, and a handful of other states.

WSU COVID-19 Tracker

This data visualizer plots publicly-available data on diagnosed cases and deaths from COVID-19 at the county level with a focus on differences between Metro and NonMetro counties.
Data on cases and deaths are standardized per 100,000 county residents, based on US Census data. For cases, we have applied the cut-offs for levels recommended by the Harvard Global Health Institute.
We update the visualization daily and provide daily case and death statistics based on a moving 7-day average. We also use the moving daily statistics to compute changes in both cases and deaths, on a percentage basis, for the preceding 7 days.
For questions contact ofer.amram@wsu.edu

Data sources: NY Times github;jsfenfen github

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