Don's Home Health | Pandemics Corona Virus US Epicenters
Reopening sees surge in cases:
In April New York and New Jersey with the highest rates and California (largest population), accounted for 46% of all the cases in the country.
See NY,NJ,CA below

A surge after reopening in the South and Southwest changed the epicenter in July. Florida, Texas, Arizona and California accounted for 52% of all cases by July 15.

See July.


Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Outbreak


New Jersey Covid-19 Information Hub


CDC COVID Data Tracker

Hot Spots Bold - States 50% higher than national average thru Dec 2 and 30% higher after that.
State Daily New Cases
per 100,000
April
Peak		 July 15 Sep. 8 Oct. 8 Nov 2 Dec 2 Jan 4 Feb 3Mar 3Apr 3
US 10 20 10 15 24 50 66 45 19 20
New York 51 4 6 7 10 37 71 5332 36
New Jersey 39 4 6 8 18 46 49 51 34 49
Rhode Island 15 42 114 96 51 35 33
Pennsylvania 13 18 53 56 42 20 35
California 3 20 11 8 10 37 96 42 11 7
Florida 6 56 13 12 20 39 62 46 25 24
Arizona 4 51 8 9 19 62 112 64 16 9
Texas 3 37 13 13 20 38 63 70 25 10
New Mexico 12 14 38 88 59
North Dakota 13 38 60 139 89 2624
South Dakota 27 55 134 100 4843
Idaho 37 16 28 45 70 50
Wisconsin 14 15 43 80 70 44
Michigan 16 6 11 35 72 27 17 14 65
Minnesota 12 20 46 115 34
Iowa 24 29 66 64 43
Utah 20 13 33 55 86 85 43
Montana 12 42 77 79 36
Nebraska 14 29 60 93 50
Wyoming 25 61 93 38
Indiana 18 44 87 71
Nevada 16 27 75 68
Tennessee 72 93 40 19
Kansas 85 36
Oklahoma 84 52
Arkansas 86 51 28 5
Georgia 17 30 80 51 28 12
South Carolina 75 67 21
North Carolina 22
The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was announced by the state of Washington on January 21, 2020. Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29
Washington had the highest absolute number of confirmed cases (500) and the highest number per capita (7 cases per 100,000)of any state in the country, until it was surpassed by New York state on April 10.
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Vaccination Progress by state

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State and City cases and deaths per capita
I've looked at places where I have friends and family or places which were considered hot spots in the news.

California

Place Popu-
lation		 Cases Deaths Cases Deaths Posi-
tivity
Rate		 %
vacc-
inated
Total New * Total New* % of
popu-
lation		 New
/100K		 Total
/1M		 New
/1M
Feb 1
United States 331,000,000 26,945,503 147,839 455,282 3,256 8.1% 45 1375 9.8 8.0% 9.7%
California 39,510,000 3,328,928 16,355 41332 543 8.4% 41 1,046 13.7 6.5% 9.2%
The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was announced by the state of Washington on January 21, 2020. Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29
Washington had the highest absolute number of confirmed cases (500) and the highest number per capita (7 cases per 100,000)of any state in the country, until it was surpassed by New York state on April 10.
US COVID-19 Travel Advisory | Ohio Dept. of Health
Those entering Ohio after travel to states reporting positive testing rates of 15% or higher for COVID-19 are advised to self-quarantine for 14 days.
December 9
South Dakota 52%
Idaho 50%
Kansas 43%
Iowa 39%
Pennsylvania 36%
Alabama 34%
Arizona 30%
Mississippi 24%
Utah 20%
Tennessee 19%
Missouri 18%
Nevada 17%
Montana 17%
Arkansas 16%
Oklahoma 16%
Ohio 16%
December 11: Highest cases per 100,000 per day

November 1: Highest cases per 100,000 per day

October 2: Highest cases per 100,000 per day

Source: U.S. coronavirus cases and state maps: Tracking cases, deaths - Washington Post
September 8: Highest cases per 100,000 per day

July surge in the South:
The four states below accounted for 52% of all cases by July 15.

     

Coronavirus Rising in Florida, Arizona, California and Texas: What We Know - The New York Times

New Cases per million - Average per Million per day June 22 - 29
State popu-
lation		 New per
100K		 Total
>Cases/M
Arizona 7.3 44 10,577
Florida 22 307 6,814
Nevada 3.1 20 5,809
Texas 29.0 20 5,494
California 39.5 14 5,643
Illinois 12.7 7 11,325
New Jersey 8.9 6 19,860
New York 20.1 4 21,453
See * U.S. COVID-19 case rate by state | Statista

A UC Berkeley poll released on August 5th found 80 percent of Biden voters thought the state moved too quickly to reopen businesses, while 79 percent of Trump supporters thought the opposite -- that the restrictions needed to be lifted because of the damage inflicted on the economy. Overall, 61 percent of residents said the state was too hasty in its initial reopening.
Source: Mercury News