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volvolugnut wrote: 01 Sep 2022, 08:44
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 1, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.229) with 583,775 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, Montana (0.118) with 304,169 cases, and Guam (0.117) with 57,981 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 269 of the last 360 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 57 of the last 65 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 174 of the last 255 days. Guam has been in the top 5 states for 14 of the last 14 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.0202 for yesterday, down from previous day of 0.0222. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 24 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 126 of last 213 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 28% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 02 Sep 2022, 06:17
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 2, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.221) with 584,771 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, US Virgin Islands (0.115) with 22,771 cases, and Guam (0.111) with 58,035 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 270 of the last 361 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 58 of the last 66 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 65 of the last 72 days. Guam has been in the top 5 states for 15 of the last 15 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.0192 for yesterday, down from previous day of 0.0202. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 25 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 127 of last 214 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 03 Sep 2022, 11:55
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 3, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.221) with 584,771 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, US Virgin Islands (0.115) with 22,771 cases, and Guam (0.111) with 58,035 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 271 of the last 362 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 59 of the last 67 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 66 of the last 73 days. Guam has been in the top 5 states for 16 of the last 16 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.00707 for yesterday, down from previous day of 0.0192. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 45 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 128 of last 215 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 04 Sep 2022, 14:57
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 4, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.221) with 584,771 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, US Virgin Islands (0.115) with 22,771 cases, and Guam (0.111) with 58,035 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 272 of the last 363 days. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 5 of the last 5 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 60 of the last 68 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 67 of the last 74 days. Guam has been in the top 5 states for 17 of the last 17 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.00268 for yesterday, down from previous day of 0.00707. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 53 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 129 of last 216 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 05 Sep 2022, 12:33
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 5, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.188) with 584,771 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, Montana (0.097) with 305,561 cases, and North Dakota (0.091) with 265,310 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 273 of the last 364 days. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 6 of the last 6 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 61 of the last 69 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 175 of the last 259 days. North Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 6 of the last 11 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.00310 for yesterday, up from previous day of 0.00268. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 49 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 130 of last 217 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 06 Sep 2022, 06:26
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 6, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: West Virginia (0.173) with 587,334 cases, South Dakota (0.166) with 257,547 cases, Wyoming (0.121) with 174,828 cases, Montana (0.097) with 305,561 cases, and US Virgin Islands (0.095) with 22,844 cases. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 274 of the last 365 days. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 7 of the last 7 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 62 of the last 70 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 176 of the last 260 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 68 of the last 76 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.00932 for yesterday, up from previous day of 0.00310. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 36 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 131 of last 218 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 07 Sep 2022, 06:48
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 7, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: South Dakota (0.192) with 258,510 cases, West Virginia (0.178) with 588,316 cases, Wyoming (0.107) with 175,290 cases, Montana (0.097) with 305,561 cases, and New York (0.085) with 6,185,343 cases. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 8 of the last 8 days. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 275 of the last 366 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 63 of the last 71 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 177 of the last 261 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.0172 for yesterday, up from previous day of 0.00932. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 17 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 131 of last 219 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 08 Sep 2022, 17:32

More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 8, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: South Dakota (0.192) with 258,510 cases, West Virginia (0.180) with 589,342 cases, Wyoming (0.107) with 175,290 cases, US Virgin Islands (0.100) with 22,911 cases, and Montana (0.097) with 305,561 cases. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 9 of the last 9 days. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 276 of the last 367 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 64 of the last 72 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 69 of the last 78 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 178 of the last 262 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.0156 for yesterday, down from previous day of 0.0172. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 25 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 132 of last 220 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 96 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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volvolugnut wrote: 29 Aug 2022, 13:31
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.


To give some context to these changes, I have calculated the average growth rate for each week back to April. The growth rate is calculated as the number of new cases each day divided by the number of active cases for the previous day. There is a typical weekly pattern of rising cases each week and falling case numbers on the weekends. I have calculated the 7 day average of the growth rate for Saturday to Friday of each week.

Using the 7 day growth rate, a calculation can be made of the number of days for the new cases to double. This calculation uses (1+Growth Rate) to the exponential of 1/X and solved for when this equation equals 2 (doubling of new cases). Variable X is the number of days to double the new cases count. I have made this calculation using 14 day and 21 day growth rate averages as well.

A graph using the average for 7, 14, and 21 days and showing the days to double new case counts for April to middle of November is below. Another graph shows the 7 day average new virus cases counts for the same period.

Inspection of the graphs show that when the line for days to double becomes flat, there may soon be a decline or increase to the count of new cases. This has happened three times since April. When the slope of the line for doubling is steep, either going up or down, there is unlikely to be a change soon in the growth or decline in new cases.

The current lines for case doubling now shows some indication of going flat soon. I expect we will see the number of new virus cases continue to increase, but we may have a change of direction starting. Perhaps the changing recommendations for controlling the virus are beginning to have an impact.

There was an error in my original logic posted on November 14. During the upward slope periods of the Days to Double graph, the actual number of daily cases are declining. I reconsidered how to resolve this contradiction in logic.

I have added a new graph with a calculation of the slope of the new case numbers (current case count minus past case count divided by the number of days). The slope of a curve is the rate of change of the plotted line. If we were plotting velocity, the slope would be the acceleration. The slope is a better representation of the virus growth because the slope goes negative when the trend in cases starts going down.

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I have updated the graphs for the last week (Aug 28 to Sept 3, 2022).

The New Case Slope graph was up from the past week, but continued in negative range. The Days to Double for the 7 day and 14 day was down slightly the past week while 21 day Days to Double were up slightly the past week. New Case Count average decreased slightly for the week. Growth Rate Average increased for the second week in a two weeks.

Stay safe out there. Don't get careless and keep up your defenses.

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volvolugnut wrote: 09 Sep 2022, 12:13
More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own.

These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth rates for last several days for all states with ranking of each day. Of course, this information changes daily. I have presented the table in two parts because of the screen shot, but it is actually one table in Excel.

Again, results change daily.
State growth rates for Sept 9, 2022. All information is based on reported information and actual results may be different.

For your information, the top 5 states or territories yesterday in growth rate 7 day average (the worst containment) are: South Dakota (0.192) with 258,510 cases, West Virginia (0.192) with 590,441 cases, Wyoming (0.107) with 175,290 cases, US Virgin Islands (0.097) with 22,926 cases, and Montana (0.090) with 306,709 cases. South Dakota has been in the top 5 states for 10 of the last 10 days. West Virginia has been in the top 5 states for 277 of the last 368 days. Wyoming has been in the top 5 states for 65 of the last 73 days. US Virgin Islands has been in the top 5 states for 70 of the last 79 days. Montana has been in the top 5 states for 179 of the last 263 days.

Several states have stopped posting new case and new death numbers. I will back calculate where possible.

A column on the right shows the previous day growth rate divided by the 7 day moving average. Red highlight states were over 2.0 yesterday. Yellow highlight states were over 1.5 yesterday. This is an early warning of higher growth rate in states. Many of these states did not report the last several days making this measure more variable for those states.

My calculated growth rate for USA is 0.0173 for yesterday, up from previous day of 0.0156. This is not population or case number weighted. Yesterday, 27 states did not report new cases. It appears some states, particularly Wyoming, are deleting active cases from the count much earlier that others. These differences in the states reporting, makes the growth rate comparisons misleading.

Daily active case counts have started to rise in the last couple weeks. There have been 133 of last 221 days with decreasing active case numbers.

There have now been 97 million total cases of Covid-19 in the US. This is 29% of the total US population. Reinfections and under reporting will distort the total number of cases.

With new home tests widely available, new case counts are likely under counting the true number of active cases.

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