There are countless ways to measure the level of outbreak in any particular area. The experts at COVID Act Now use several categories to determine each state’s level of vulnerability: the daily new case rate, positive test rate, infection rate, hospitalizations, and percentage of the population vaccinated. To keep things simple, we are focusing on the rate of daily new cases per 100,000 people, which is one of the most effective ways to capture the state of the COVID outbreak in a given area. Using a color-coded system, COVID Act Now marks a state as green if it’s “on track to contain COVID,” meaning there is less than 1 new case per 100,000 people, but there are not currently any states that meet this limit. At this time there are also no states designated yellow, meaning “slow disease growth,” with a rate of 1 to 9 cases per 100,000 people. Instead, states’ daily new case rates are marked orange (“at risk of outbreak”) for 10 to 24 cases per 100,000 people; red (“active or imminent outbreak”) for 25 to 74 cases per 100,000 people; or dark red (“severe outbreak”) for 75 or more cases per 100,000 people. As of Feb. 11, a staggering 32 states are red and 17 more are dark red. Only one is orange. (Idaho is not listed on COVID Act Now’s site, but New York Times data shows its cases per 100,000 and puts it in the dark red category.) With every U.S. state at an elevated risk level, total containment remains a distant prospect. From fewest to most daily new coronavirus cases, here’s how your state is faring. RELATED: Dr. Fauci Says This Is Now the “Best Case Scenario” for Ending COVID. 18.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange) 26.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 27.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 29.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 31.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) RELATED: If You’re Vaccinated, These Are the Major Omicron Symptoms, Doctors Say. 39.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 40.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 41.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 41.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 42.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 44.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 44.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) RELATED: If You Notice This on Your Face, It Could Be an Omicron Symptom. 46.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 47.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 48.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 48.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 50.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 53.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 54.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 55.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 55.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 56.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 57.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 57.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 59.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) RELATED: Unvaccinated People Will Be Barred From Here Completely, Starting Feb. 21. 60.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 63.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 63.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 65.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 65.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 68.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 68.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) 74.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red) RELATED: Dr. Fauci Just Said When COVID Restrictions Will Really Be Gone. 75.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red)ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb 76.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 76.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 78.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 80.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 82.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 85.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 87.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 88.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) RELATED: For more up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter. 102.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 104.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 105.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 123.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) RELATED: I’m Boosted and Got Omicron—This Was My Worst Symptom by Far. 124.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 128.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 146.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) 177.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (dark red) RELATED: This Is the Only State Where COVID Is Surging Right Now.
