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 Nov. 9. 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.
Editor’s note: On Oct. 23, Johns Hopkins noted that its testing data provider, the Covid Tracking Project, is changing how it maps states’ data. The changes mean the category of data used in the denominator (total tests) may now include tests previously not included in calculations, which in turn may result in a test positivity calculation that is lower than what would have been calculated prior to the change.
“With this significant change, we will once again review our data inputs and calculations to ensure that our numbers reflect the most responsible public health calculation of test positivity,” according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.
South Dakota: 54.3 percent positive
New daily cases: 1,428
Tests per 1,000: 2.4
Iowa: 48
New daily cases: 4,524
Tests per 1,000: 1.8
Idaho: 39.3
New daily cases: 649
Tests per 1,000: 1.6
Kansas: 37.1
New daily cases: 871
Tests per 1,000: 1.6
Wyoming: 35.5
New daily cases: 713
Tests per 1,000: 2.5
Montana: 24.8
New daily cases: 731
Tests per 1,000: 3.3
Missouri: 19.8
New daily cases: 3,928
Tests per 1,000: 2.8
Alabama: 19.4
New daily cases: 1,205
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Utah: 17.1
New daily cases: 2,386
Tests per 1,000: 4.2
Wisconsin: 15.9
New daily cases: 4,280
Tests per 1,000: 6.2
Mississippi: 15.8
New daily cases: 804
Tests per 1,000: 1.9
North Dakota: 15.6
New daily cases: 1,101
Tests per 1,000: 11.1
Pennsylvania: 15.5
New daily cases: 2,521
Tests per 1,000: 1.5
Oklahoma: 13.7
New daily cases: 4,507
Tests per 1,000: 3.2
Arizona: 13.6
New daily cases: 1,880
Tests per 1,000: 1.7
Nebraska: 13.4
New daily cases: 1,574
Tests per 1,000: 6.4
Minnesota: 12.5
New daily cases: 5,908
Tests per 1,000: 6.1
Oregon: 12.1
New daily cases: 861
Tests per 1,000: 1.4
Arkansas: 12
New daily cases: 1,038
Tests per 1,000: 3.8
Nevada: 11.8
New daily cases: 1,276
Tests per 1,000: 3.4
Illinois: 10.9
New daily cases: 10,009
Tests per 1,000: 6.6
Tennessee: 10.8
New daily cases: 3,636
Tests per 1,000: 4
Indiana: 10.5
New daily cases: 4,652
Tests per 1,000: 5.7
Michigan: 10.4
New daily cases: 0
Tests per 1,000: 4.3
Texas: 9.9
New daily cases: 5,869
Tests per 1,000: 2.5
*Texas changed its positivity rate reporting methodology Sept. 14. The state will now rely on a calculation that accounts for the date a test was administered versus the date the health agency receives test results.
Colorado: 9.8
New daily cases: 3,017
Tests per 1,000: 5.2
New Mexico: 9.2
New daily cases: 1,210
Tests per 1,000: 5.3
Ohio: 9.1
New daily cases: 4,541
Tests per 1,000: 4.2
Kentucky: 8.1
New daily cases: 1,177
Tests per 1,000: 4.8
Florida: 7.6
New daily cases: 6,820
Tests per 1,000: 3.1
Georgia: 7.4
New daily cases: 1,253
Tests per 1,000: 2
Virginia: 7
New daily cases: 1,302
Tests per 1,000: 2.3
North Carolina: 6.2
New daily cases: 2,094
Tests per 1,000: 3.7
Washington: 6
New daily cases: 1,320
Tests per 1,000: 2.7
South Carolina: 5.8
New daily cases: 946
Tests per 1,000: 3.7
West Virginia: 5.7
New daily cases: 795
Tests per 1,000: 4.9
Delaware: 5.6
New daily cases: 345
Tests per 1,000: 3.9
New Jersey: 4.9
New daily cases: 2,013
Tests per 1,000: 5
Louisiana: 4.8
New daily cases: 1,266
Tests per 1,000: 3.4
Connecticut: 4.7
New daily cases: 0
Tests per 1,000: 5.8
Rhode Island: 3.9
New daily cases: 0
Tests per 1,000: 8.6
Maryland: 3.9
New daily cases: 1,081
Tests per 1,000: 4.8
California: 3.9
New daily cases: 3,351
Tests per 1,000: 3.5
New Hampshire: 2.7
New daily cases: 247
Tests per 1,000: 4.9
Hawaii: 2.4
New daily cases: 128
Tests per 1,000: 3.2
Massachusetts: 2.1
New daily cases: 1,823
Tests per 1,000: 11.5
Washington, D.C.: 2.1
New daily cases: 110
Tests per 1,000: 6.1
New York: 2
New daily cases: 3,428
Tests per 1,000: 7.3
Maine: 1.9
New daily cases: 93
Tests per 1,000: 5.6
Alaska: 1.8
New daily cases: 520
Tests per 1,000: 34.6
Vermont: 0.8
New daily cases: 45
Tests per 1,000: 6
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