Indiana

Some unexpected numbers came from Indiana today. Despite only having ~5000 confirmed cases, the state said today it has 924 COVID patients in the ICU and 500 on ventilators. That's not too far from California's ICU count and closing in on Pennsylvania and Louisiana's vent usage.

It looks to us like Indiana has to be added to the list of serious outbreaks. It's worth watching the state's press conference. They discuss the hospitalization situation beginning around 11:00. https://t.co/RbREFUf3nG

Indiana got off to a very slow start testing. Compare their completed tests with Minnesota's, a smaller state. https://t.co/N5uuj5NAQI

This is just another indication that COVID-19, while it broke out on the east and west coasts, will not remain a coastal phenomenon, as Michigan, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Colorado, and other states experience intense outbreaks.

9 states reported over 50 deaths:

California: 98 Florida: 74 Illinois: 102 Indiana: 54 Massachusetts: 130 Michigan: 154 New Jersey: 204 New York: 299 Pennsylvania: 64

1/2 A list of states/territories in which African American COVID deaths substantially exceed the community's share of the population:

Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut D.C. Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Michigan Mississippi

Last night, we switched our TotalTestResults data field to a better time series that's now publicly provided by the state of Indiana. This resulted in a 918k cumulative increase in tests completed. We also added the state's positive PCR test results data. https://t.co/7S76K1zJWv

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

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

Indiana and Nevada are now reporting more than 500 currently hospitalized per million people, along with South Dakota. For reference, the highest value of hospitalizations per million people we've seen was 968 in New York back in April. https://t.co/140cQIWjDh

The Midwest remains the epicenter of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities. The region has seen the highest number of reported LTC cases & deaths every week since mid-November. Four states—IL, OH, IN & MN—topped the nation in new reported LTC deaths last week. https://t.co/bp1sBO7RmF

Zooming into the state level, more than 10 states broke case records today: AK, AR, AZ, DE, IN, MA, ME, NJ, PA, RI, and VT. Note: AZ had a higher count on Dec. 1, but it was a data backlog. https://t.co/ao6T6EQxiH

Data users may notice differences in 7-day average deaths between our social posts and website. We have removed major death backlogs reported by OH and IN in these daily social posts to clarify the trend. Those backlogs remain in our cumulative numbers.