Drill Down To County Level And The U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Looks Even Worse
Local data reveal a deeper picture of where the current hot spots are in the United States — and where new ones could surface.
Across the United States the coronavirus is once again on the march. On Wednesday alone there were nearly 50,000 new cases — a record. The case counts for each state suggest the disease is mainly spreading in a band stretching from Florida across much of the southernmost states and westward to California, with Idaho and Iowa also in trouble.
But when you use tools to drill down to more local data, the picture gets more complicated — and even more concerning. Here are five takeaways:
It may be time for a statewide lockdown in Arizona and Florida
A key measure that epidemiologists track is the number of new coronavirus cases each day
