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@shayne571 @PoolPositionRun @erwillia @alexismadrigal But that does not seem to be quite what happened. Or at least it was a combination of backlog (where you would expect positive+negative) AND a bunch of unreported negatives showing up.

We just updated the race and ethnicity data in the COVID Racial Data Tracker and we're happy to report progress. Only four states do not report some kind of race/ethnicity data.

They are: North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, and South Dakota.

https://t.co/hTyV0MA5tA

South Dakota began reporting race & ethnicity data today. In a 90% white state, almost 70% of cases are people of color because of meatpacking outbreaks.

Of the 3 states still not reporting any of this data -- NE, ND, NV -- Nebraska, especially, may have similar dynamics. https://t.co/ox1kC9bIb1

With previous data, governors have been able to make more information available. Nebraska's @GovRicketts, North Dakota's @DougBurgum, and Nevada's @GovSisolak probably can improve transparency, if their constituents let them know how important this data is.

Nebraska is still 1 of only 3 states not releasing any race or ethnicity information.

The others are North Dakota (@ndgov & @DougBurgum) and Nevada (@NVGovernment & @GovSisolak)

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We wanted to call attention to an emerging situation in four states:

North Carolina, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota all report currently hospitalized numbers at or near their peak so far. https://t.co/HADm7TS0iV

We ~finally~ have some race/ethnicity data from NE and ND, but we're getting it via e-mailed spreadsheets and occasional press conferences.

Initial numbers suggest large disparities: in NE, a state with an 11% Hispanic population, 40% of those hospitalized have been Hispanic.

People in Nebraska and North Dakota deserve regular race/ethnicity updates @govricketts @dougburnam. Most states began reporting this info over a month ago.

North Dakota says they're not posting because they don't want people to misinterpret the data. Nebraska says they're waiting because they have a high % of unknowns — but this is true of many states.

California, Missouri, Oklahoma, and North Dakota all set new records for cases today. https://t.co/sendGsELSU

We are pleased to see North Dakota reporting demographic data for cases, including race and ethnicity. Our COVID Racial Data Tracker will now be able to report some race and ethnicity for all 50 states.

Where possible, we now use states’ “Test Encounters” or “Specimens” as the unit for these total tests, rather than “Unique People.” (This is all fairly complicated, there’s tons of detail in the blog post.) So far, we’ve switched CO, MA, ND, and RI w/ many more on deck.

The number of cases and hospitalizations continues to grow in ND, SD and WI. A few days after breaking their new case record, today Wisconsin reported 530 current hospitalized patients, the highest in the state on a single day. https://t.co/V4rcTv7kVF

Our daily update is published. States reported 1 million tests, 55k cases, and 975 deaths. 34k people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. WI, ND, UT and WY reported record high case counts today. https://t.co/W4cOO1iVZp

MT, ND and SD are reporting stark increases in cases and hospitalizations. The 7-day average for new cases reported in all three has more than doubled in the past month. https://t.co/1D2p0v2qRw

ND is reporting far more new cases per capita than any other state has over the course of the pandemic. https://t.co/QqbrDluMEr

AL, CO, OR, UT, SD, and RI all reported record high case counts. Both ND and SD are reporting more than 1,000 cases per million people. https://t.co/gwe2HgVquJ

South Dakota reported 1,506 new cases per million people, surpassing North Dakota's count. The Dakotas have had the highest counts for this metric for more than two months now. https://t.co/FcKxnXHCT9

North Dakota hit over 2,000 cases per million today, a record in our data for any state.

Many states have set new record highs for cases in the last week. https://t.co/nz5UIDmrw2

Disparities in cases and deaths across racial and ethnic communities remain high: In MT, one in every 18 Indigenous people has tested positive, compared to one in 67 white people. In ND, one in 11 Black people has tested positive, and in SD, the figure is one in 10. https://t.co/Y7mxOiKJzs

Today's numbers do not include a complete update from North Dakota and Hawaii.

38 states reported over 1k cases. CO, IN, KY, MD, MN, MO, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NV, PA, WV, and UT all set records for detected cases. (5 states did not report cases.) https://t.co/3Gi0ieFO3i

Hospitalizations per million people are currently over 500 in ND and SD. 8 states have over 400 hospitalizations per million people. https://t.co/QBYyKlDg4h

There are 3 states reporting over 500 hospitalizations per million people: ND, SD, and now NE. https://t.co/YwNwFc4CIz

Only 4 states—HI, ME, NH, VT—have fewer than 100 people per million hospitalized with COVID-19. South Dakota and Nebraska have the most people hospitalized per capita, with North Dakota, Illinois, and Indiana close behind. https://t.co/mxRLdjJQvH

Today, we changed our source for North Dakota’s deaths metric. We previously tracked individuals with COVID-19 on their death certificate to align with federal standards, but ND’s backlog of death certificates have made this number fall far behind the state’s main deaths count. https://t.co/1m0V8JlbC9

We’re now tracking deaths among cases, the most prominent deaths number ND reports. This change increased the all-time number of deaths we record in North Dakota by 222. You can read more about it here:

https://t.co/dbtMT3sezr

Two of the earliest states in this wave, North Dakota and New Mexico, are showing decreased case numbers. Everywhere else is steady or rising. https://t.co/pHaS2o81un

ND began reporting probable cases, which it defines as individuals with a positive antigen test. Until we can obtain a time series of the previous dates for these cases, they will all be reported for Dec 9.

North Dakota has now suffered one of the 5 highest death rates per million people. https://t.co/Ke6WHWjO2n

20 states provided no update: AK, CA, CT, DC, ID, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MP, NC, ND, NH, OH, RI, SC, SD, UT, VT.

7 other states made partial updates.