MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US COVID-19 Tracker – August 4

State

Confirmed Cases

Deceased

New Cases in Last 24hrs

New Cases Higher or Lower than Previous Day's? (Today's new cases-Yesterday's New Cases)

Consecutive Days of Increase/Decrease in New Cases

Mortality Rate (per 100 recorded cases)

% Change in Cases on Previous Day

Rate of Increase in cases (7-day average)

California

516,851

9,441

4,676

Lower (-886)

5 (Decrease)

1.8

0.9%

1.6%

Florida

491,884

7,157

4,752

Lower (-2,352)

2 (Decrease)

1.5

1.0%

1.8%

Texas

456,624

7,016

8,479

Higher (+5,072)

1 (Increase)

1.5

1.9%

1.9%

New York

416,843

32,719

545

Higher (+14)

1 (Increase)

7.8

0.1%

0.2%

Georgia

195,435

3,842

2,258

Lower (-907)

3 (Decrease)

2.0

1.2%

1.9%

Illinois

184,522

7,723

1,298

Lower (-172)

3 (Decrease)

4.2

0.7%

0.9%

New Jersey

182,614

15,846

264

Lower (-57)

3 (Decrease)

8.7

0.1%

0.2%

Arizona

179,497

3,779

1,030

Lower (-435)

3 (Decrease)

2.1

0.6%

1.3%

North Carolina

127,630

2,043

2,300

Higher (+976)

1 (Increase)

1.6

1.8%

1.5%

Louisiana

120,846

4,024

1,099

Lower (-2,368)

1 (Decrease)

3.3

0.9%

1.4%

Pennsylvania

118,894

7,224

861

Higher (+296)

1 (Increase)

6.1

0.7%

0.7%

Massachusetts

118,657

8,648

199

Lower (-219)

3 (Decrease)

7.3

0.2%

0.4%