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CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Are states testing enough? This coronavirus map will tell you how yours ranks

As it stands now, there have been just over 8.9 million tests performed in the United States. That equates to just over 27,000 tests per million people. In other words, testing has a long way to go.

Are states testing enough? This coronavirus map will tell you how yours ranks

[Screenshot: Public Relay]

BY Michael Grothaus1 minute read

Testing is key for getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control. Unfortunately, some states are testing more than others. But how does your state stack up? A new interactive tool by Peter Walker, head of growth at media analytics firm Public Relay, helps shed some light on that.

The tool offers a slew of interactive charts that shows all sorts of testing-related metrics, including the states testing the most, the states with the highest percentage of positive tests, and a map that shows if states have more or fewer deaths and tests than the day before.

As for the states that have tested the largest amount of their population, Rhode Island leads the way with 8.61% of its population tested so far. New York is a distant second with just over 6% of the population tested. North Dakota, Massachusetts, and Louisiana round out the top five. The states that have tested the fewest amount of their population are Maine, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, and South Carolina. All those states come in at only 1.75% or less of their population tested.

The states that have seen the largest percentage of positive tests include New Jersey, with 44% of those tested returning positive results; New York with 28% positive; Connecticut at 26%; and Washington, D.C., and Delaware, both at 21%. States with the least amount of positive results are North Dakota with 3% testing positive; West Virginia, Montana, and Hawaii at 2%; and Alaska at 1% testing positive.

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The tool also offers a dashboard (under the “Maps” button) that shows which states are testing more or fewer people than they did yesterday, as well as which states have more or fewer deaths and positive tests than the day before. As it stands now, there have been just over 8.9 million tests performed in the United States, according to the tool. That equates to just over 27,000 tests per million people. In other words, testing in America has a long way to go.

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Michael Grothaus is a novelist and author. He has written for Fast Company since 2013, where he's interviewed some of the tech industry’s most prominent leaders and writes about everything from Apple and artificial intelligence to the effects of technology on individuals and society. Michael’s current tech-focused areas of interest include AI, quantum computing, and the ways tech can improve the quality of life for the elderly and individuals with disabilities More


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