A look at the news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A look at the news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The State of the Virus This Week
ByMitch SmithDec. 4, 2020
The State of the Virus This Week
The State of the Virus This Week
It’s been a terrible week for virus news. We began in a Thanksgiving data tunnel.
The national case curve had a deceptive glimmer of hope as many states continued to report suspiciously low numbers →
The State of the Virus This Week
But as feared, the death numbers remained devastating. We set a single-day record Wednesday with 2,885 deaths nationally. Six states have announced more than 500 deaths in the last week:
Illinois, with 1,041
Texas, with 936
Michigan, with 862
Pennsylvania, with 737
Florida, with 620
California, with 561
The State of the Virus This Week
Our team of journalists tracking the virus is monitoring an uptick inCalifornia, where there were more than 21,000 cases on Thursday. That’s the most any state has announced in a day.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said his state might run out of hospital beds by mid-December.
The State of the Virus This Week
And the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border remains precarious. I’m especially worried about Nogales, Ariz., andthe Big Bend region in Texas, which is in perhaps the worst shape of anywhere in the country.
The State of the Virus This Week
WesternNew Yorkis worsening quickly, particularly Buffalo and Rochester. Warning signs are mounting across the Northeast, including in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The State of the Virus This Week
Delaware, home to the White House in waiting, is in bad shape. More than 3,800 cases have been identified there over the last week, a record.
The State of the Virus This Week
There are signs of improvement in some hard-hit Midwestern metros. Infections, though still high, have fallen around Omaha, Des Moines, Sioux Falls and Chicago.
Demand for travel nurses has increased by more than 40 percent in the last month.
The State of the Virus This Week
A team of more than 50 journalists has been tracking the spread of the virus— including outbreaks at colleges, prisons and nursing homes — as part of The New York Times’s coronavirus data project.
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