Sen. Rick Scott: We Must Stop Growth Rate of Coronavirus to Save Lives and Economy Releases Daily Update on Coronavirus Growth Rate by State

March 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released an update on the growth rate of cases of the Coronavirus by state, as of March 23, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering data. Senator Scott will be releasing this information daily to show which states are slowing the growth of Coronavirus. Please note: data provided from John Hopkins is compiled from federal data and may have discrepancies from latest state updates.

 

Senator Rick Scott said, “Last week, I put out a 30-day plan to help Americans return to their normal lives as soon as we can, but it will take everyone in the nation to implement this plan. We cannot completely close our economy. When states completely close their economy, it hurts the poorest families’ ability to put food on the table. Our goal has to be to get the economy back open and that will happen once we stop the growth of Coronavirus in our nation. We’re in this together and we’re going to beat this. However, we can’t get back to normal if we don’t stop the Coronavirus. We need to start looking at the growth rate of cases by state to see which states are stopping the spread of the virus so we can share best practices. Once robust testing is available, we will be able to see which states are making better progress, with the goal of no new cases.”

Please see the chart below of Confirmed Cases by US State, as of March 23, 2020.

 

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

State

3/15/20

3/22/20

Rolling 7-Day Growth Rate in Confirmed Cases (3/15-3/21)

Rank by Growth Rate (Highest = 1st)

Michigan

33

1037

3042%

1

North Dakota

1

28

2700%

2

New York

732

15793

2058%

3

Alaska

1

21

2000%

4

Mississippi

10

207

1970%

5

Missouri

5

100

1900%

6

New Jersey

98

1914

1853%

7

West Virginia

0

12

1200%

8

Tennessee

39

505

1195%

9

Wisconsin

32

381

1091%

10

Arizona

13

152

1069%

11

Alabama

12

138

1050%

12

Illinois

93

1049

1028%

13

Arkansas

16

165

931%

14

Indiana

20

201

905%

15

Ohio

37

355

859%

16

Oklahoma

7

67

857%

17

Connecticut

24

223

829%

18

Louisiana

91

837

820%

19

North Carolina

33

302

815%

20

Texas

72

627

771%

21

Idaho

5

42

740%

22

Hawaii

6

48

700%

23

Kansas

8

64

700%

24

Wyoming

3

24

700%

25

Nevada

24

190

692%

26

Pennsylvania

66

509

671%

27

Maryland

32

244

663%

28

Maine

12

89

642%

29

Florida

115

830

622%

30

South Carolina

28

196

600%

31

Delaware

7

47

571%

32

Vermont

8

52

550%

33

Utah

28

181

546%

34

District of Columbia

16

102

538%

35

Georgia

99

600

506%

36

Iowa

18

90

400%

37

New Hampshire

13

65

400%

38

Kentucky

20

99

395%

39

Virginia

45

221

391%

40

Minnesota

35

169

383%

41

Puerto Rico

5

23

360%

42

Oregon

36

161

347%

43

Montana

7

31

343%

44

New Mexico

13

57

338%

45

Rhode Island

20

83

315%

46

Massachusetts

164

646

294%

47

California

426

1642

285%

48

Colorado

131

476

263%

49

Washington

643

1996

210%

50

Nebraska

17

51

200%

51

South Dakota

9

21

133%

52

Source: Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering.

Confirmed Cases by US State, as of March 23, 2020.

 

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