John Hopkins: WHICH U.S. STATES MEET WHO RECOMMENDED TESTING CRITERIA?

[TomCADem]

There are some notable exceptions such as Wisconsin, which has a Democratic Governor, but a very conservative court that has been striking down health measures, but by and large as the pandemic has spread throughout the country, it seems that many States that have high positivity rates are also known for being very resistant to take any steps to control the spread of the disease. For example, South Dakota is now near the top of the list.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity

STATE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TESTS
Puerto Rico 100.00%
South Dakota 23.78%
Idaho 19.43%
Wisconsin 17.55%
Iowa 16.27%
Kansas 15.53%
Alabama 13.74%
Nebraska 13.29%
Utah 12.97%
Wyoming 12.59%
Missouri 12.32%
Nevada 11.36%
Florida 11.03%
Arkansas 9.40%
Oklahoma 9.10%
Indiana 9.02%
Texas 8.75%
Oregon 8.04%
Georgia 7.00%
North Dakota 6.58%
Pennsylvania 6.24%
Arizona 6.21%
Montana 6.08%
South Carolina 6.08%
Delaware 5.85%
Tennessee 5.72%
North Carolina 5.52%

[Tech]

1. Wisconsin governor has had his hands tied by the conservative controlled WI Supreme Court.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. If Puerto Rico has 100% positive tests,

then I'm guessing they are only testing people who are obviously sick with Covid-19.

All other states must be testing people who are not obviously sick. And the more who are tested, the better sense of how many have the virus.