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Even within US (Washington - my state) has way lower numbers than New York even though it was hit first. The first reported case and death weren’t far from wher
by nojvek 7y ago
Even within US (Washington - my state) has way lower numbers than New York even though it was hit first. The first reported case and death weren’t far from where I live.
So either Washington has flattened the curve or we’re doing a lot fewer tests than New York. I know a couple of friends who have covid-19 symptoms but haven’t been tested since there aren’t enough kits and they are quarantining themselves at home.
So my guess is Washington cases number are at-least 2X higher than what’s reported.
Overall at this rate US will hit a million reported cases in a couple of weeks. It seems we are the country doing a great job at testing and reporting but the virus is spreading like wild fires in metros.
- acid__ 7y agoWell, consider the population difference too — NY State has 20M residents to Washington’s 7.5M, which is less than the population of NYC alone. Be wary of comparing raw counts when the underlying population sizes are so different!
- silverdrake11 7y agoI've been working on this which is confirmed cases per state population https://us-covid19-per-capita.net https://us-covid19-per-capita.net It might make more sense if it tracked deaths per state population instead of confirmed cases b/c of the different testing rates.