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More than

604,000
people have died from coronavirus in the U.S.
More than 33,672,000 cases have been reported.

Data as of July 1 at 10:45 p.m.

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The disease caused by the novel coronavirus has killed at least 604,000 people
in the United States since February 2020 and enveloped nearly every part of the
country.

But as more and more Americans are vaccinated, the U.S. portion of the
pandemic seems to be receding.

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Deaths Cases Adj. for population Totals

Places with highest daily reported cases per capita

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The deadliest month was January 2021, when an average of more than 3,100
people died every day of covid-19. On six days that month, the number topped
4,000. On Feb. 22, the U.S. death toll surpassed half a million people.

But numbers dropped in January and February. By mid-May, fewer than 30,000
people were testing positive for the virus per day — roughly one-tenth of the
January peak — and fewer than 600 per day were dying.
Meanwhile, the pace of vaccinations peaked at more than 4 million on some
days in April, racing against time as new, more transmissible variants of the
virus began to spread. By late May, more than 60 percent of adults had received
at least one dose of vaccine.

[Tracking vaccination numbers in every state]

New reported cases per day

Deaths Cases

At least 33,672,965 have been reported since Feb. 29, 2020.

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h 1, 2020 April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct.

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Data anomalies:
Data anomalies are shown on the daily chart but not included in the rolling average.
June 30, 2021 California removed 6,372 duplicate and reclassi ed cases from their count,
resulting in a one-day negative case count.
March 9, 2021 The spike is due to Missouri adding over 80,000 probable antigen cases to
its case count.

In the past week in the U.S. ...

New daily reported cases rose 17.6% 
New daily reported deaths fell 4.4% 
Covid-related hospitalizations fell 1.6%  Read more

Among reported tests, the positivity rate was 2.1%.

The number of tests reported fell 12.9%  from the previous week. Read more

Since Dec. 14, more than 328,152,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine have
been administered in the U.S.
More than 155,884,000 people have completed vaccination, or about 46.95% of
the population. Read more in our vaccination tracker.

Seven-day averages show trends better than single-day values, because states’
reporting of new cases and deaths tends to drop or stop altogether on weekends.

Numbers have fluctuated as testing and reporting criteria have evolved,

particularly in areas that were hit early. Three spikes in the deaths chart above
reflect large, one-time adjustments in 2020: In mid-April, New York City added
more than 3,700 deaths. On June 25, New Jersey added more than 1,800. And
in September, The Post changed its methodology for reporting deaths in New
York and added a one-day increase of more than 2,700. Other single-day spikes
have occurred as states have updated their reporting procedures and are noted
below those charts.

Health officials, including the country’s top infectious-disease expert, Anthony

S. Fauci, have said the virus has killed more people than official death tolls
indicate.

[The unseen covid-19 risk for unvaccinated people]

Reported cases per 100,000 residents by county

(7-day average)
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Deaths Cases Adj. for population Totals Daily average Cumulative

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Note: Nebraska no longer reports county-level data. Florida county-level data is displayed when
available, but is not always reported by the state.

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[Mapping the spread of the coronavirus worldwide]

The virus was initially concentrated in New York, where at least 53,000 have
died, and in places where vulnerable people congregate, such as nursing homes,
factories and prisons. It eventually blanketed the country, reaching into some of
the most remote areas.

In the absence of a federal plan, containment strategies varied by state and

locality and often reflected political polarization. The mounting crush of cases in
fall and winter, however, prompted officials of both parties to tighten mask
mandates and reimpose restrictions on gatherings to try to squelch the spread.
Immediately after his Jan. 20 inauguration, President Biden, hoping to stall the
virus’s spread while ramping up vaccine distribution, issued mask mandates on
federal property, in airports and on many modes of transportation.

By March, governors in some states, particularly Republican-led states such as

Texas, went the other way, lifting mask mandates and business restrictions just
as the weather began to warm and many colleges let out for spring break. Cases
rose again in some places.

But on May 13, Biden and Vice President Harris strode into the Rose Garden
without masks to celebrate health officials’ surprise announcement that fully
vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks in most situations anywhere
in the country.

“It’s a great milestone, a great day,” Biden said. “It’s been made possible by the
extraordinary success we’ve had in vaccinating so many Americans so quickly.”

[What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidelines]

Case and death counts by place

Deaths Cases Adj. for population Totals

Change in daily
Total reported cases Avg. daily new cases cases in last 7
Place  per 100k  per 100k  days 
U.S. overall 10,143 4  18%
Connecticut 9,799 2  83%
Kansas 10,919 5  63%
Nevada 10,834 16  55%
California 9,395 4  52%
Mississippi 10,817 6  52%
Alabama 11,237 5  48%
Arkansas 11,577 13  47%
South Carolina 11,596 3  47%
Nebraska 11,608 3  40%
 Change in daily
Total reported cases Avg. daily new cases cases in last 7
Place  per 100k  per 100k  days 
Guam 5,047 5  33%

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Note: The "change in daily cases in last 7 days" column uses the seven-day average on the most
recent full day of data to calculate the percent change compared to the average a week before.
Percentages are shown only for places with 10 or more cases/deaths in the past week.

[Tracking known coronavirus cases in D.C., Maryland and Virginia]

While the overall of new cases dropped precipitously, the rate among
unvaccinated people remained high.

People older than 65 and those with obesity and underlying health problems are
the mostly likely to die of covid-19, but a large percentage of infections have
occurred in younger, more mobile people. People younger than 40 tend to
become less sick but also unknowingly may pass the virus to others around
them.

[What you need to know about the coronavirus]

A global analysis found a worrisome connection between covid-19 and diabetes

in people who had no previous history of blood-sugar problems.

Outbreaks have hit Black and Hispanic communities particularly hard. Native
American communities were devastated by the virus as well, but some have
become vaccine success stories as tribal health officials took vaccines directly to
residents by any means needed — including dog sled.

Some sparsely populated areas have always ranked among the highest in deaths
and cases per capita.
People in very rural areas may be more vulnerable to covid-19 than urbanites,
according to a Washington Post analysis of Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention data.

Ten counties with highest rates of reported cases

Deaths Cases Adj. for population Totals

Total reported New cases in last 7

County cases per 100k  days per 100k 
Dimmit County, Tex. 24,055 1,350
Titus County, Tex. 12,679 745
Reeves County, Tex. 14,512 688
Shelby County, Tex. 7,669 667
Houston County, Tex. 8,430 653
Campbell County, Va. 9,032 604
Stewart County, Ga. 17,494 579
Logan County, Kan. 10,854 569
Red River County, Tex. 6,542 562
Nacogdoches County, Tex. 7,935 523
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Testing was slow to begin, and demand often overwhelmed testing

infrastructure, muddying the ability of officials to get a true picture of the virus’s
reach. But like other metrics, demand for testing has dropped in recent months.

Tests reported per 100,000 residents

Adj. for population Totals

Positive tests Negative tests

U.S. District of Columbia

 1,500 1,500

1,000 1,000

500 500

0 0
Feb. 29 Feb. 29
2020 2020

Note: Data is preliminary. The most recent days are frequently revised upward.

New tests reported in last 7 Percent positive in last 7

Place  days per 100k  days 
U.S. overall 1,167 2%
Nebraska 406 12%
Nevada 787 10%
Missouri 1,003 8%
Arkansas 492 7%
Utah 1,007 7%
Alabama 536 6%
Oklahoma 287 6%
Wyoming 810 6%
Arizona 1,142 5%
South Dakota 384 5%

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Note: The number of tests is based on the number of PCR test specimens reported and is
calculated as reported negative tests plus reported positive tests. The percent positive is
calculated as reported positive tests in the last seven days divided by total reported tests in the
last seven days. The last seven days are counted from the most recent date reported. The
number of specimens reported does not necessarily equal the number of people tested.
During the winter crush, some hospitals were overrun with covid-19 patients.
Unable to find enough beds and health-care workers, hospitals had to limit
routine care, defer non-emergency surgeries, divert some patients to distant
facilities and send others home with monitoring equipment.

But outbreaks have since become more localized, and state hospitalization
trends have dropped as fewer patients are sick enough to be admitted.

Reported covid-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents

Adj. for population Totals

Currently hospitalized Filled ICU beds

U.S. Missouri

40 40

20 20

0 0
Feb. 29 Feb. 29
2020 2020

Currently Currently occupied

hospitalized for ICU beds per 100k Change in hosp.
Place  covid per 100k   from last week 
U.S. overall 5 1  -2%
Missouri 15 5  11%
Nevada 12 3  23%
Arkansas 11 4  17%
Florida 10 2  8%
District of Columbia 8 1  4%
Arizona 7 2  6%
Rhode Island 7 0  -3%
Washington 7 2  -2%
 Currently Currently occupied
hospitalized for ICU beds per 100k Change in hosp.
Place  covid per 100k   from last week 
Wyoming 7 1  -3%
Utah 6 2  23%

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[What you need to know about the different types of vaccines]

Testing and treatment technologies have advanced as the pandemic has dragged
on. At-home tests and an antibody treatments have been approved.

Most importantly, of course, on Dec. 14, the first approved coronavirus vaccine
began going into American arms. Two more soon followed.

Doses of covid-19 vaccines administered per 100,000 residents

Adj. for population Totals

Reported doses administered per day

U.S. Arizona

3,000 3,000

2,000 2,000

1,000 1,000

0 0
Dec. 14 Dec. 14
2020 2020

People partially People fully Pct. of pop. that

vaccinated per vaccinated per has completed
Place  100k  100k  vaccination 
U.S. overall 11,375 46,954 47%
Vermont 14,290 65,684 65.7%
Massachusetts 12,983 61,762 61.8%
 People partially People fully Pct. of pop. that
vaccinated per vaccinated per has completed
Place  100k  100k  vaccination 
Maine 12,647 61,542 61.5%
Connecticut 11,170 60,796 60.8%
Rhode Island 10,086 59,043 59%
Maryland 10,136 56,144 56.1%
New Hampshire 10,715 56,071 56.1%
New Jersey 11,885 55,303 55.3%
Puerto Rico 12,609 55,084 55.1%
Guam 9,546 54,748 54.7%

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Note: Partially vaccinated shows people who have received one dose of a two-dose vaccine.
Fully vaccinated shows people who have completed vaccination, either through both doses of a
two-dose vaccine, or a single dose of a one-dose vaccine.

See more detailed vaccination statistics for each state in the Vaccine Tracker.

The rollout had initial hiccups and glitches but smoothed out in spring, and now
everyone 12 and over is eligible to be vaccinated. Trials have begun that may
allow for vaccination of younger children by late this year or early 2022.

While the pandemic isn’t over in the United States, the worst of it may be past.

“I’m sure that we can control it,” Fauci told The Post on May 21. “Somewhere
between control and elimination is where we’re going to wind up. Namely a very,
very low level that isn’t a public health hazard that doesn’t disrupt society.”

About this story

Data on deaths and cases comes from Washington Post reporting and Johns Hopkins
University. Post-reported data is gathered from state sites and from county and city sites
for certain jurisdictions. Deaths are recorded on the dates they are announced, not
necessarily the dates they occur.
Hospitalization data since July 15 is from the Department of Health and Human Services
TeleTracking and HHS Protect hospital reporting systems. It updates once daily by early
afternoon but should be considered provisional until updated with weekly historical HHS
data. Hospitalization data before July 15 was provided by state health departments.

Data on vaccination doses administered is from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. The data includes vaccinations administered by the Defense Department,
Veterans Health Administration, Indian Health Service and Bureau of Prisons attributed to
the state in which they were given. Vaccination totals for D.C. include a sizable number of
nonresidents who commute into the city from neighboring states for work.

Testing data is from HHS. Testing data from the past three days is especially subject to
upward revision, as reporting may be incomplete.

All numbers are provisional and may be revised by the jurisdictions.

The seven-day rolling average uses the past seven days of new daily reported cases or
deaths to calculate a daily average, starting from the most recent full day of data.
Occasionally states will report large single-day “spikes” due to a reporting backlog, an
identi cation of probable cases or a revision of reporting standards. These spikes are
displayed on the daily charts but not included in rolling seven-day averages.

Population data represents ve-year estimates from the 2019 American Community
Survey by the Census Bureau.

Design and development by Leslie Shapiro, Youjin Shin and Chris Alcantara. Bonnie
Berkowitz, Kevin Schaul, Joe Fox, Brittany Renee Mayes, Jacqueline Dupree, Simon Glenn-
Gregg, Erik Reyna, Susan Tyler, Lenny Bronner, Peter Andringa, Emily Liu and Anthony
Pesce contributed to this report. Editing by Armand Emamdjomeh and Danielle Rindler.

Contact the team at uscoronavirustracker@washpost.com.

Originally published March 27, 2020.

 Recent changes on this page

March 3 Changed the data source for tests to the Department of Health and Human
Services.

February 23 Changed the data source for hospitalizations to the Department of Health
and Human services. See the methodology note for more details.

February 19 Marked anomalous days on the daily count chart, and reformatted the chart
note to better track data anomalies.

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