Top 9 US States by Positivity Index 9/
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8/2020
The positivity rate is "the percentage of positive cases among those who are tested". See https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/07/13/what-exactly-does-the-covid-19-positivity-rate-tell-us/ for more information. The following chart is from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity where its is stated "On May 12, 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) advised governments that before reopening, rates of positivity in testing (ie, out of all tests conducted, how many came back positive for COVID-19) of should remain at 5% or lower for at least 14 days."
The states are shoiwn below ranked by Positivity (from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/testing-positivity 9/8/2020) together with some statistics
| State | ID | Population | Positivity |
| Covid-19 confirmed so far | deaths so far | %deaths/ confirmed | confirmed/ MPop so far | deaths/ MPop so far | smoothed (dConfirmeddaily Confirmed/ MPop) | smoothed (dDeathsdaily Deaths/ MPop) | Political | leaning | Income | per capita | ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | ND | 756927 | 19.58% | 13872 | 156 | 1.12 | 1823218326.9347343 | 206.0964930965 | 374353.643083 | 2.4535076064 | Swing | 33071 | ||||||
| South Dakota | SD | 858469 | 18.73% | 15403 | 173 | 1.12 | 1782217942.42574068 | 201.5215465215 | 298275.042408 | 0.998599845539 | Republican | 26959 | ||||||
| Alabama | AL | 4858979 | 18.42% | 133606 | 2277 | 1.7 | 2736627496.44887231 | 468.411162617 | 203176.311099 | 2.7637263850 | Republican | 23606 | ||||||
| Kansas | KS | 2911641 | 18.36% | 56854 | 579 | 1.02 | 1928219526.94044457 | 198.1700358569 | 208224.575175 | 2.74765513348 | Republican | 27870 | ||||||
| Mississippi | MS | 2992333 | 17.28% | 89069 | 2619 | 2.94 | 2968029765.5202738 | 875.2368142368 | 204186.380469 | 54.9676965070 | Republican | 21036 | ||||||
| Iowa | IA | 3123899 | 15.31% | 71142 | 1185 | 1.67 | 2261922773.16924635 | 374379.5319553336 | 246236.946091 | 2.28657438239 | Swing | 28361 | ||||||
| Idaho | ID | 1654930 | 14.78% | 33978 | 389 | 1.14 | 20531.382 | 235.0553 | 140.2735 | 1.8990876 | Republican | 23938 | ||||||
| Missouri | MO | 6083672 | 14.5% | 96181 | 1690 | 1.76 | 1879315809.78356952 | 633277.3243487928 | 110221.227411 | 13.16540057034 | DemocratRepublican | 3633826126 | ||||||
| Florida | FL | 20271272 | 13.32% | 650092 | 11915 | 1.83 | 3197932069.69036205 | 585587.607067776 | 174134.762646 | 43.82038125735 | Swing | 26582 |
The following charts are obtained from the analysis of the JHU data.
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