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Here are the rates of positive COVID-19 tests in each state, along with the number of new cases most recently reported and number of tests conducted per 1,000 people.
Data points were last updated Oct. 15. Data for positivity rates and tests are seven-day moving averages. New cases are daily counts as reported by state and the District of Columbia. The information cited is from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. States are arranged in descending order of test positivity rates.
Mississippi: 100 percent positive
New daily cases: 876
Tests per 1,000: 0.2
Wyoming: 40.2
New daily cases: 213
Tests per 1,000: 0.8
South Dakota: 31.8
New daily cases: 876
Tests per 1,000: 2.2
Idaho: 21.9
New daily cases: 645
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Wisconsin: 21.8
New daily cases: 3,107
Tests per 1,000: 2.4
Iowa: 19.6
New daily cases: 1,482
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Kansas: 17.1
New daily cases: 945
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Indiana: 15.7
New daily cases: 1,165
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Nevada: 14.7
New daily cases: 479
Tests per 1,000: 1.2
Alabama: 14.4
New daily cases: 784
Tests per 1,000: 1.3
Utah: 14.4
New daily cases: 1,144
Tests per 1,000: 2.6
Nebraska: 14.3
New daily cases: 924
Tests per 1,000: 2.5
Florida: 12.2
New daily cases: 2,883
Tests per 1,000: 1
Montana: 10.8
New daily cases: 599
Tests per 1,000: 5.1
Oklahoma: 8.7
New daily cases: 1,122
Tests per 1,000: 3.4
Arkansas: 8.4
New daily cases: 1,079
Tests per 1,000: 3.6
North Dakota: 8.4
New daily cases: 703
Tests per 1,000: 9.2
Pennsylvania: 8
New daily cases: 1,284
Tests per 1,000: 1.3
Arizona: 7.2
New daily cases: 901
Tests per 1,000: 1.4
Tennessee: 7.2
New daily cases: 1,709
Tests per 1,000: 3.8
Texas: 6.8
New daily cases: 5,920
Tests per 1,000: 2
Virginia: 5.9
New daily cases: 789
Tests per 1,000: 2.2
Oregon: 5.9
New daily cases: 380
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
North Carolina: 5.8
New daily cases: 1,926
Tests per 1,000: 3.2
Georgia: 5.8
New daily cases: 1,297
Tests per 1,000: 2
Maryland: 5.5
New daily cases: 575
Tests per 1,000: 1.8
New Mexico: 5.5
New daily cases: 577
Tests per 1,000: 3.4
Minnesota: 5.4
New daily cases: 1,369
Tests per 1,000: 4.3
Kentucky: 5.3
New daily cases: 1,322
Tests per 1,000: 3.9
South Carolina: 5.3
New daily cases: 926
Tests per 1,000: 3.2
Missouri: 5.3
New daily cases: 4,435
Tests per 1,000: 5.8
Delaware: 5.2
New daily cases: 71
Tests per 1,000: 2.6
Alaska: 4.9
New daily cases: 142
Tests per 1,000: 5.3
Illinois: 4.7
New daily cases: 2,866
Tests per 1,000: 4.9
Colorado: 4.6
New daily cases: 692
Tests per 1,000: 3.2
Ohio: 4.1
New daily cases: 2,039
Tests per 1,000: 3.3
Louisiana: 3.9
New daily cases: 320
Tests per 1,000: 2.8
Michigan: 3.7
New daily cases: 1,593
Tests per 1,000: 3.6
West Virginia: 3.6
New daily cases: 266
Tests per 1,000: 3.7
Hawaii: 3
New daily cases: 99
Tests per 1,000: 2.2
California: 2.7
New daily cases: 3,894
Tests per 1,000: 3.1
Washington: 2.5
New daily cases: 734
Tests per 1,000: 3.1
New Jersey: 2.4
New daily cases: 938
Tests per 1,000: 4.1
Rhode Island: 1.9
New daily cases: 204
Tests per 1,000: 9.9
New Hampshire: 1.5
New daily cases: 70
Tests per 1,000: 3.3
Connecticut: 1.5
New daily cases: 164
Tests per 1,000: 6.7
Washington, D.C.: 1.2
New daily cases: 64
Tests per 1,000: 7.2
New York: 1.2
New daily cases: 1,232
Tests per 1,000: 6.2
Massachusetts: 1.1
New daily cases: 580
Tests per 1,000: 8.7
Vermont: 0.9
New daily cases: 3
Tests per 1,000: 1.7
Maine: 0.5
New daily cases: 36
Tests per 1,000: 4.7
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)To be honest Mass and Vt have Republican governors, just not idiot ones.
ProfessorGAC
(65,136 posts)Only thing I can think of is they are doing zero community testing, & only test people showing severe symptoms.
The tests per thousand is pathetically low.
So, it's a possible reason.
Also, could be a typo.