This Map From Harvard Will Show You All the COVID Hotspots in the US.
Since COVID-19 first began spreading in December 2019, it has spread worldwide. When it came to the United States, there were a few cases in Seattle at first, but the first major hotspot was New York. Now, months later, places like Arizona, South Carolina, and Florida are new hotspots for the virus. Tracking the spread can be difficult, so the Harvard Institute for Global Health has partnered with other organizations to provide an updated map showing the most affected parts of the country.
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If there is one thing we have learned in the past few months, it is that what we know about the new coronavirus today may become irrelevant in a few weeks. “The public needs clear and consistent information about COVID risk levels across jurisdictions to make personal decisions, and policymakers need clear and consistent visibility to differentiate policies across jurisdictions,” said Danielle Allen, director of the Edmond J. Safra Ethics at Harvard University said in a statement . “We must also collectively focus on what should be our main goal: towards near-zero morbidity.”
Part of Harvard’s strategy is to use a new COVID risk map to show which cities and states have become hot spots with increased daily incidences. The map allows users to hover over a state or county to see detailed information on COVID-19 cases and deaths. Risk levels are calculated based on the number of daily cases of illness per 100,000 people. Harvard regularly updates the map, including the current list of states in order of the speed at which the virus spreads.
The purpose of the map is to help researchers and policymakers develop more effective strategies for discovering new locations. “The metrics are now clear: we can reopen and keep our workplaces and our communities open again,” said Jonathan D. Quick, Managing Director of Pandemic Response, Preparedness and Prevention, Rockefeller Foundation in a statement . “But achieving that will require a dramatic increase in testing and tracking to flatten the curve again and ultimately quell the pandemic to near zero new cases.”