A new map highlighting the spread of the coronavirus shows that more than half of all states “have a poor trend” or face “uncontrolled spread” as COVID-19 continues to resurface in the United States.
Created by covidexitstrategy.org, the map tracks each state’s coronavirus response based on a set of criteria provided by the White House that specifies what each state and region must meet before moving forward with plans to reopen their economies.
The map measures and scores each state based on the number of positive cases over a 14-day period using a 7-day moving average, bed capacity in hospitals and intensive care units, and positivity rates.
A map created by health experts tracks each state’s response to the coronavirus according to the criteria established by the White House.
(covidexitstrategy.org)
According to the figure, New York, once the epicenter of the virus, tends to improve, while almost all southern and midwestern states are suffering much worse. New York posted a 1 percent positivity rate in the past 14 days, after weeks of closure measures.
California is listed with an “uncontrolled extension” with 219 cases per million people. The state has seen significant gains erased as infections continue to rise, forcing Governor Gavin Newsom to re-impose restrictions and close business.
Texas, Florida, and Georgia are also seeing huge increases in COVID-19 cases. Texas and Florida participated in some of the most aggressive reopens between states and have since enacted restrictive measures to combat the spread of the disease.
Florida posted a positivity rate of nearly 19 percent, compared to 15.6 percent two weeks ago.
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The only states that tend to improve are New York, Massachusetts, Maine, with a positivity rate of 0.0%, and New Jersey. Around 16 states, including Pennslyvania, Illinois, and Washington, are in limbo with caution if the number of cases increases.
As of Monday night, the US reported more than 3.3 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 135,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. The map was created by a nonpartisan group of experts from the White House, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and on the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
