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ecdab

(930 posts)
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 08:14 PM Oct 2020

COVID 19 testing and case positive ratio data by state - can you spot the GOP governors?

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

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COVID 19 testing and case positive ratio data by state - can you spot the GOP governors? (Original Post) ecdab Oct 2020 OP
How is it possible to have a 100% positive rate Mississippi? dem4decades Oct 2020 #1
Stood Out To Me, Too! ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #2

dem4decades

(11,301 posts)
1. How is it possible to have a 100% positive rate Mississippi?
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 08:21 PM
Oct 2020

To be honest Mass and Vt have Republican governors, just not idiot ones.

ProfessorGAC

(65,136 posts)
2. Stood Out To Me, Too!
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

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.

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