Special Report
States Where the Virus Spread Is Slowing (and Where It’s Still Getting Worse)
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Since peaking in July, the spread of COVID-19 cases appears to be slowing across the U.S. Through the first 13 days of August, U.S. health authorities reported 10 days of over 50,000 daily new cases of COVID-19. Through September’s first 13 days, there was just one day with over 50,000 new daily COVID-19 cases.
For the week ending Sept. 6, there was an average of 12.6 new daily cases per 100,000 residents nationwide. During the week ending Sept. 13, the average declined to 10.9 cases per 100,000. Most states are reporting fewer cases per capita, but not all — a dozen states had more COVID-19 cases in the past week than they did the week before.
Using data from state and local health departments, 24/7 Wall St. calculated average new daily confirmed COVID-19 cases for the week ending Sept. 13 and compared it to the average from the previous week to determine the states where the spread of the coronavirus is declining the fastest, where it is remaining relatively unchanged, and where it is still increasing. Case and death count data is through Sept. 13 for all states except Oregon, for which data is through Sept. 11.
While a declining trend in COVID-19 cases is good news, the states in which cases per capita declined the most week over week reported some of the highest case counts per capita during those weeks. The three states that reported the most rapid decline in their average daily cases also reported an average of more than 18 daily new cases per 100,000 the week ending in Sept. 13 — well above the nationwide average of 10.9 per 100,000 and among the top 10 states.
In 16 states, the week-over-week decline in average daily new cases per capita was greater than the U.S. decline of 1.7 cases per 100,000 residents. Nine of these states are in the South, four in the Midwest, and were in the West.
Most Northeastern states reported very little week-over-week change in their average of daily cases per capita. The spread of COVID-19 remains fairly low in that part of the country. All six of the states that averaged fewer than 4 daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents from Sept. 7-13 are in the Northeastern part of the country.
Though the Northeastern states tend to have fewer COVID-19 cases per capita than those in other parts of the country, many of the cities in the area are struggling with the economic fallout from the pandemic. Over a dozen Northeastern cities have unemployment rates in excess of 14%. These are the cities with the worst COVID-19 unemployment crisis right now.
Click here to see the states where the virus spread is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse)
50. Alabama
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -14.9 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 18.4 per 100,000 people — 8th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 33.2 per 100,000 people — 3rd most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,839 per 100,000 people — 5th most (total: 138,755)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 48 per 100,000 people — 18th most (total: 2,351)
> Population: 4.9 million
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49. Iowa
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -9.8 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 22.1 per 100,000 people — 3rd most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 31.9 per 100,000 people — 4th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,356 per 100,000 people — 10th most (total: 74,361)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 39 per 100,000 people — 22nd most (total: 1,218)
> Population: 3.2 million
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48. South Dakota
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -8.3 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 25.7 per 100,000 people — 2nd most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 34.0 per 100,000 people — 2nd most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,886 per 100,000 people — 23rd most (total: 16,638)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 21 per 100,000 people — 13th fewest (total: 184)
> Population: 882,235
47. Mississippi
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -4.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 16.4 per 100,000 people — 12th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 21.1 per 100,000 people — 7th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 3,009 per 100,000 people — 3rd most (total: 89,874)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 90 per 100,000 people — 7th most (total: 2,697)
> Population: 3.0 million
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46. Hawaii
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -4.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 12.2 per 100,000 people — 22nd most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 16.8 per 100,000 people — 13th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 745 per 100,000 people — 6th fewest (total: 10,588)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 07 per 100,000 people — 3rd fewest (total: 97)
> Population: 1.4 million
45. Florida
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -3.5 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 12.8 per 100,000 people — 20th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 16.3 per 100,000 people — 15th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 3,117 per 100,000 people — 2nd most (total: 663,994)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 60 per 100,000 people — 16th most (total: 12,764)
> Population: 21.3 million
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44. North Carolina
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -3.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 12.1 per 100,000 people — 23rd most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 15.4 per 100,000 people — 17th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,781 per 100,000 people — 25th most (total: 184,936)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 29 per 100,000 people — 20th fewest (total: 3,052)
> Population: 10.4 million
43. Nevada
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -3.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 10.8 per 100,000 people — 22nd fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 14.0 per 100,000 people — 23rd most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,423 per 100,000 people — 9th most (total: 73,537)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 48 per 100,000 people — 20th most (total: 1,452)
> Population: 3.0 million
42. Minnesota
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -3.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 11.2 per 100,000 people — 24th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 14.4 per 100,000 people — 22nd most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,503 per 100,000 people — 17th fewest (total: 84,311)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 34 per 100,000 people — 25th fewest (total: 1,919)
> Population: 5.6 million
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41. California
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.9 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 9.5 per 100,000 people — 18th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 12.4 per 100,000 people — 24th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,908 per 100,000 people — 22nd most (total: 754,923)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 36 per 100,000 people — 24th most (total: 14,329)
> Population: 39.6 million
40. Texas
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.8 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 11.8 per 100,000 people — 24th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 14.7 per 100,000 people — 21st most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,298 per 100,000 people — 12th most (total: 659,434)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 49 per 100,000 people — 17th most (total: 14,190)
> Population: 28.7 million
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39. Georgia
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.8 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 16.4 per 100,000 people — 13th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 19.2 per 100,000 people — 11th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,798 per 100,000 people — 6th most (total: 294,314)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 60 per 100,000 people — 15th most (total: 6,333)
> Population: 10.5 million
38. Kansas
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 17.6 per 100,000 people — 9th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 20.3 per 100,000 people — 9th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,662 per 100,000 people — 22nd fewest (total: 48,386)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 18 per 100,000 people — 11th fewest (total: 511)
> Population: 2.9 million
37. South Carolina
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.3 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 16.7 per 100,000 people — 10th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 19.0 per 100,000 people — 12th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,594 per 100,000 people — 7th most (total: 131,864)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 60 per 100,000 people — 14th most (total: 3,064)
> Population: 5.1 million
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36. Kentucky
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -2.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 13.1 per 100,000 people — 19th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 15.3 per 100,000 people — 18th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,263 per 100,000 people — 15th fewest (total: 56,415)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 24 per 100,000 people — 17th fewest (total: 1,057)
> Population: 4.5 million
35. Tennessee
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.9 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 19.5 per 100,000 people — 7th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 21.4 per 100,000 people — 6th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,524 per 100,000 people — 8th most (total: 170,891)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 30 per 100,000 people — 21st fewest (total: 2,064)
> Population: 6.8 million
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34. Montana
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 10.8 per 100,000 people — 21st fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 12.4 per 100,000 people — 23rd fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 849 per 100,000 people — 8th fewest (total: 9,021)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 13 per 100,000 people — 8th fewest (total: 135)
> Population: 1.1 million
33. Indiana
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.5 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 12.3 per 100,000 people — 21st most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 13.8 per 100,000 people — 24th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,581 per 100,000 people — 21st fewest (total: 105,804)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 48 per 100,000 people — 19th most (total: 3,214)
> Population: 6.7 million
32. Ohio
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 8.8 per 100,000 people — 17th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 10.2 per 100,000 people — 20th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,175 per 100,000 people — 13th fewest (total: 137,405)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 38 per 100,000 people — 23rd most (total: 4,415)
> Population: 11.7 million
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31. New Mexico
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 4.6 per 100,000 people — 9th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 6.0 per 100,000 people — 12th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,277 per 100,000 people — 16th fewest (total: 26,761)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 39 per 100,000 people — 21st most (total: 823)
> Population: 2.1 million
30. Nebraska
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 15.5 per 100,000 people — 15th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 16.7 per 100,000 people — 14th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,975 per 100,000 people — 19th most (total: 38,108)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 22 per 100,000 people — 15th fewest (total: 434)
> Population: 1.9 million
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29. Oregon
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.0 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 11: 4.2 per 100,000 people — 7th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 5.3 per 100,000 people — 9th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 11: 689 per 100,000 people — 4th fewest (total: 28,865)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 11: 12 per 100,000 people — 7th fewest (total: 499)
> Population: 4.2 million
28. Idaho
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -1.0 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 13.9 per 100,000 people — 17th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 14.8 per 100,000 people — 20th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,011 per 100,000 people — 18th most (total: 35,279)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 02 per 100,000 people — the fewest (total: 37)
> Population: 1.8 million
27. Arizona
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.9 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 6.5 per 100,000 people — 14th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 7.4 per 100,000 people — 15th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,907 per 100,000 people — 4th most (total: 208,512)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 74 per 100,000 people — 8th most (total: 5,322)
> Population: 7.2 million
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26. Washington
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.9 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 5.1 per 100,000 people — 11th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 6.0 per 100,000 people — 13th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,059 per 100,000 people — 10th fewest (total: 79,826)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 26 per 100,000 people — 18th fewest (total: 1,991)
> Population: 7.5 million
25. Arkansas
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 20.2 per 100,000 people — 6th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 20.8 per 100,000 people — 8th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,313 per 100,000 people — 11th most (total: 69,710)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 33 per 100,000 people — 24th fewest (total: 981)
> Population: 3.0 million
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24. Louisiana
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 14.6 per 100,000 people — 16th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 15.2 per 100,000 people — 19th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 3,379 per 100,000 people — the most (total: 157,455)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 109 per 100,000 people — 5th most (total: 5,065)
> Population: 4.7 million
23. Vermont
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 0.6 per 100,000 people — the fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 1.2 per 100,000 people — the fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 269 per 100,000 people — the fewest (total: 1,684)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 09 per 100,000 people — 5th fewest (total: 58)
> Population: 626,299
22. Massachusetts
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 4.3 per 100,000 people — 8th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 4.8 per 100,000 people — 8th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,781 per 100,000 people — 25th fewest (total: 122,904)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 130 per 100,000 people — 2nd most (total: 9,001)
> Population: 6.9 million
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21. Illinois
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 15.8 per 100,000 people — 14th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 16.2 per 100,000 people — 16th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,051 per 100,000 people — 16th most (total: 261,371)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 65 per 100,000 people — 10th most (total: 8,309)
> Population: 12.7 million
20. North Dakota
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.3 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 34.2 per 100,000 people — the most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 34.5 per 100,000 people — the most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,049 per 100,000 people — 17th most (total: 15,577)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 22 per 100,000 people — 14th fewest (total: 168)
> Population: 760,077
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19. Virginia
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.3 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 11.6 per 100,000 people — 25th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 11.8 per 100,000 people — 22nd fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,571 per 100,000 people — 20th fewest (total: 133,814)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 32 per 100,000 people — 22nd fewest (total: 2,724)
> Population: 8.5 million
18. Connecticut
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 3.3 per 100,000 people — 4th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 3.5 per 100,000 people — 4th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,521 per 100,000 people — 18th fewest (total: 54,326)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 125 per 100,000 people — 4th most (total: 4,480)
> Population: 3.6 million
17. Missouri
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 21.4 per 100,000 people — 4th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 21.6 per 100,000 people — 5th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,676 per 100,000 people — 23rd fewest (total: 102,706)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 28 per 100,000 people — 19th fewest (total: 1,705)
> Population: 6.1 million
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16. Maine
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 1.8 per 100,000 people — 2nd fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 1.9 per 100,000 people — 3rd fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 363 per 100,000 people — 2nd fewest (total: 4,863)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 10 per 100,000 people — 6th fewest (total: 136)
> Population: 1.3 million
15. New York
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.1 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 3.6 per 100,000 people — 5th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 3.7 per 100,000 people — 5th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,274 per 100,000 people — 13th most (total: 444,365)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 130 per 100,000 people — 3rd most (total: 25,390)
> Population: 19.5 million
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14. Rhode Island
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: -0.1 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 7.9 per 100,000 people — 15th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 8.0 per 100,000 people — 16th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,166 per 100,000 people — 15th most (total: 22,905)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 101 per 100,000 people — 6th most (total: 1,071)
> Population: 1.1 million
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13. Pennsylvania
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: 0.0 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 5.9 per 100,000 people — 12th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 5.9 per 100,000 people — 11th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,123 per 100,000 people — 12th fewest (total: 143,881)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 61 per 100,000 people — 13th most (total: 7,837)
> Population: 12.8 million
12. Colorado
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.1 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 4.8 per 100,000 people — 10th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 4.7 per 100,000 people — 7th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,077 per 100,000 people — 11th fewest (total: 61,324)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 35 per 100,000 people — 25th most (total: 1,988)
> Population: 5.7 million
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11. New Jersey
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.2 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 4.0 per 100,000 people — 6th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 3.8 per 100,000 people — 6th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 2,207 per 100,000 people — 14th most (total: 196,634)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 180 per 100,000 people — the most (total: 16,031)
> Population: 8.9 million
10. West Virginia
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.3 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 9.6 per 100,000 people — 19th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 9.3 per 100,000 people — 18th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 703 per 100,000 people — 5th fewest (total: 12,699)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 15 per 100,000 people — 10th fewest (total: 266)
> Population: 1.8 million
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9. Maryland
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.4 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 9.8 per 100,000 people — 20th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 9.5 per 100,000 people — 19th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,921 per 100,000 people — 21st most (total: 116,110)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 64 per 100,000 people — 12th most (total: 3,838)
> Population: 6.0 million
8. Oklahoma
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.5 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 20.4 per 100,000 people — 5th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 19.9 per 100,000 people — 10th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,759 per 100,000 people — 24th fewest (total: 69,354)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 23 per 100,000 people — 16th fewest (total: 905)
> Population: 3.9 million
7. Alaska
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 10.8 per 100,000 people — 23rd fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 10.2 per 100,000 people — 21st fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 975 per 100,000 people — 9th fewest (total: 7,193)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 06 per 100,000 people — 2nd fewest (total: 44)
> Population: 737,438
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6. Wyoming
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.6 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 6.4 per 100,000 people — 13th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 5.7 per 100,000 people — 10th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 752 per 100,000 people — 7th fewest (total: 4,346)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 07 per 100,000 people — 4th fewest (total: 42)
> Population: 577,737
5. New Hampshire
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 2.3 per 100,000 people — 3rd fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 1.7 per 100,000 people — 2nd fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 567 per 100,000 people — 3rd fewest (total: 7,696)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 32 per 100,000 people — 23rd fewest (total: 436)
> Population: 1.4 million
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4. Utah
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 13.2 per 100,000 people — 18th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 12.5 per 100,000 people — 25th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,831 per 100,000 people — 24th most (total: 57,875)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 14 per 100,000 people — 9th fewest (total: 433)
> Population: 3.2 million
3. Michigan
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +0.8 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 8.1 per 100,000 people — 16th fewest
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 7.3 per 100,000 people — 14th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,231 per 100,000 people — 14th fewest (total: 123,058)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 69 per 100,000 people — 9th most (total: 6,911)
> Population: 10.0 million
2. Delaware
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +2.7 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 11.6 per 100,000 people — 25th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 9.0 per 100,000 people — 17th fewest
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,949 per 100,000 people — 20th most (total: 18,849)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 64 per 100,000 people — 11th most (total: 615)
> Population: 967,171
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1. Wisconsin
> Change in daily avg. new COVID-19 cases week over week: +4.0 per 100,000 people
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 13: 16.7 per 100,000 people — 11th most
> Avg. new daily cases for week ending Sept. 6: 12.7 per 100,000 people — 25th most
> Cumulative COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 13: 1,534 per 100,000 people — 19th fewest (total: 89,185)
> Cumulative COVID-19 deaths as of Sept. 13: 21 per 100,000 people — 12th fewest (total: 1,210)
> Population: 5.8 million
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