The precise number of people who have been tested in the US is not known. The Covid Tracking Project, which collects data from all 50 states and territories, reported on March 18 that the US had tested only 56,590 people. The Guardian reported that over a four-day period (March 8-11), only 77 people in the entire US were tested.
Looking at the day-by-day totals, the US had tested fewer than 20,000 people on March 14 (one day after a national state of emergency was announced). The US topped 100,000 tests on March 19, 300,000 on March 24, and passed one million on March 31. As of late on April 2, the US had done 1,267,658 tests.
Tests are given to people showing symptoms. That's understandable, but it also seems troublesome because a person can have and spread the virus but not yet display symptoms. There is also no guarantee of a test, as the many news stories concerning people who are symptomatic and should be prioritized, but cannot not get a test.
Right now, the US has almost twice as many cases (245,066) as any country in the world. Italy (115,242) and Spain (112,065) are #2 and #3. If New York City was a country*, it would be #4 (93,053 cases); it would also be the country with the eighth-most deaths (2,538).
(*: In many ways, New York City is its own country, as many who have lived there can attest.)
The US has 228,588 active cases. Italy has the second-most, with 83,049. Only five countries have more than 50,000 active cases and only seven have more than 17,500. The much-maligned China has 1,863.
Cases per 1,000,000 people: US (740), Iran (601), Denmark (585), Sweden (551), UK (497), Canada (299), South Korea (196), and China (57). (Spain and Italy are still off-the-charts, with 2,397 and 1,906, respectively.)
Here are the totals since March 13:
CASES DEATHS DAY'S TOTALS March 13 - US State of Emergency March 14 4,400+? 84 March 15 7,473 115 ( 737 new cases and 11 new deaths) March 16 8,210 126 ( 983 new cases and 18 new deaths) March 17 9,193 144 ( 1748 new cases and 23 new deaths) March 18 10,941 167 ( 2848 new cases and 41 new deaths) March 19 13,789 208 ( 4530 new cases and 58 new deaths) March 20 19,383 266 ( 5594 new cases and 49 new deaths) March 21 24,207 312 ( 4824 new cases and 46 new deaths) March 22 33,546 429 ( 9339 new cases and 117 new deaths) March 23 43,714 569 (10,168 new cases and 140 new deaths) March 24 54,803 794 (11,089 new cases and 225 new deaths) March 25 68,158 1,041 (13,355 new cases and 247 new deaths) March 26 85,382 1,309 (17,224 new cases and 268 new deaths) March 27 104,073 1,709 (18,691 new cases and 400 new deaths) March 28 125,485 2,224 (19,452 new cases and 525 new deaths) March 29 145,398 2,587 (19,913 new cases and 363 new deaths) March 30 165,695 3,160 (20,297 new cases and 558 new deaths) March 31 190,437 4,072 (24,742 new cases and 912 new deaths) April 1 216,910 5,107 (26,473 new cases and 1,049 new deaths) April 2 246,784 6,075 (29,874 new cases and 968 new deaths)Notes:
March 25: Another source [CDC?] reports 14,024, which is a record for a country in one day since pandemic began.
March 26: US breaks the record it set yesterday (2nd highest country: Spain 8,271; only 4 countries had 4,000+ new cases).
March 27: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the third consecutive day.
March 28: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the fourth consecutive day.
March 29: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the fifth consecutive day.
March 30: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the sixth consecutive day.
March 31: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the seventh consecutive day.
April 1: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the eighth consecutive day.
April 2: US breaks the one-day record for new cases for the ninth consecutive day.
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