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Track Covid-19 in the U.S.

Track Covid-19 in the U.S.

These Covid tracking pages are no longer being updated. Get the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control, or find archived data from The Times’s three year reporting effort here.

Daily Covid hospital admissions

Avg. on March 9 4,003
14-day change –13%
5
10 hospital admissions per 100,000
Under 60
All ages
60-69
70+

About the data

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Since the end of the public health emergency on May 11, 2023, data that has been crucial to understanding the spread and impact of Covid is reported by government sources less frequently, or is no longer reported at all. Figures displayed on this page are some of the best remaining indicators for tracking the virus.

The number of daily hospital admissions shows how many patients were admitted to hospitals for Covid and is one of the most reliably reported indicators of Covid’s impact on a community. Age data can show how much of the vulnerable senior population is being affected by the virus.

About the data

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Primary series vaccination rate

69%

Total population

94%

Ages 65 and up

Bivalent booster rate

17%

Total population

43%

Ages 65 and up

An updated vaccine is recommended for adults and most children.

Current hospitalizations

Confirmed Covid patients per 100,000 people
12
24
36
48
60
No data
About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes: The hospitalized map shows a seven-day average for the number of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in each hospital service area. The data is self-reported to the government by individual hospitals and excludes counts from hospitals operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service. Numbers for hospitalized patients are based on inpatient beds and include I.C.U. beds. Hospitalized Covid-19 patients include both confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients. Hospitals may report the number of suspected Covid-19 patients in different ways. Data for Puerto Rico is reported at the territory level. The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on cases in May 2023. Death counts for counties with fewer than ten Covid deaths recorded are not publicly available from the C.D.C.

U.S. trends

The number of Covid patients in hospitals is an indicator of Covid’s ongoing impact on hospitals and I.C.U.s. Results of Covid tests are no longer required to be reported to the federal government so test positivity rates may be less reliable. Because reports of deaths in the most recent weeks are incomplete, the percent of deaths due to Covid can be an early indicator of if deaths are rising.

Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s
Early data may be incomplete.
50,000
100,000
150,000 hospitalized
Hospitalized
In I.C.U.s
15,274
Test positivity rate
10%
20%
5
Weekly deaths
Data for recent weeks is incomplete.
10,000
20,000 deaths
356
Percent of deaths due to Covid-19
Percent of deaths of all causes which were due to Covid-19, over a four-week period.
10%
20%
2
About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Census Bureau (population and demographic data). Notes: Figures for Covid patients in hospitals and I.C.U.s are the most recent number of patients with Covid-19 who are hospitalized or in an intensive care unit on that day. Dips and spikes could be because of inconsistent reporting by hospitals. Hospitalization numbers early in the pandemic are undercounts because of incomplete reporting by hospitals to the federal government. The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on cases in May 2023. Test positivity is based on tests that laboratories voluntarily reported to the federal government. A death is recorded in the week it occurred, and comprehensive reporting can lag by weeks. The number of deaths each week, particularly for recent weeks, may change as the National Center for Health Statistics makes revisions to their data.

U.S. vaccination trends

The first vaccines were primary series doses of either a one- or two-shot regimen. In fall 2021, the first booster shots arrived. A year later, bivalent boosters, with extra protection against the Omicron variant, were approved.

Average daily doses administered
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000 doses
7-day average
62,309
Average daily people vaccinated
  • Completed primary series
  • Received bivalent booster
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000 people
About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Note: Figures include the U.S. territories and three countries with special agreements with the U.S.

Vaccination rates by state

Uptake of the bivalent booster is low across most of the country, despite being the government’s recommended level of protection against the virus. Bivalent booster coverage is highest among seniors, one of the most vulnerable groups.

Doses per
person
Completed
primary series
Bivalent
booster rate
Booster rates
5 to 11
12 to 17 18 to 64 65+
United StatesUnited States2.069%17%5%8%14%43%
Vermont ›2.886%34%16%23%29%69%
Washington, D.C. ›3.091%32%16%24%33%58%
Maine ›2.684%31%10%15%24%71%
Massachusetts ›2.685%31%14%21%27%65%
Minnesota ›2.372%27%10%14%23%65%
Washington ›2.376%26%11%14%24%60%
Rhode Island ›2.588%26%8%13%22%60%
Connecticut ›2.583%26%7%12%22%61%
Maryland ›2.480%24%9%14%22%57%
New Hampshire ›2.272%24%6%11%19%59%
About this data Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Andrew A. Beveridge, Social Explorer (analysis of U.S. Census Bureau population and demographic data). Note: Figures include the U.S. territories and three countries with special agreements with the U.S.

U.S. historical trends

The data in this chart has been archived and is no longer being updated.

Weekly cases
2,000,000
4,000,000 cases
75,859
About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data in this chart has been archived and is no longer being updated. Weekly county case data prior to Jan. 2021 was not reported by the C.D.C. and is sourced from reporting by The New York Times. The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on cases in May 2023.

Historic rates for vaccinated and unvaccinated

This data, which the C.D.C. is no longer updating, shows that people who are unvaccinated are at a much greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than those who have been vaccinated. These charts compare age-adjusted case and death rates for vaccinated and unvaccinated people in the states and cities that provided this data.

Average daily cases

  • Unvaccinated
  • Completed primary series
  • Updated booster
20
40
60
80 cases per 100,000
Primary series
Updated booster
March 26 - April 1 Unvaccinated 3x as high

Average daily deaths

  • Unvaccinated
  • Completed primary series
  • Updated booster
0.2
0.4
0.6 deaths per 100,000
Primary series
Updated booster
March 26 - April 1 Unvaccinated 4x as high
About this data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes: This data was first made available on Oct. 19 2021, and ceased updating in May 2023. The C.D.C. released the data as a weekly figure per 100,000, and it is presented here as a daily average per 100,000 for consistency with other population-adjusted figures on this page. See the notes on the C.D.C.’s page for more information.

About the data

Data on this page is reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Population and demographic data is from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hospitalization data is reported by individual hospitals to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and it includes confirmed and suspected adult and pediatric patients. The C.D.C. does not provide complete vaccinations data for some counties and caps its vaccination rate figures at 95 percent.

The C.D.C. may make historical updates as more data is reported.

The C.D.C. stopped reporting data on Covid cases in May 2023.