Friday June 5 2020



The death rate in the United States showed an approximately exponential growth rate through the middle of April to just over 2000 deaths per day, then an approximately linear decline through the rest of April and May to the present rate of about 1000 deaths per day. The curve seems to be curving back up now which could indicate a second wave will be occurring.

The CDC changed the colors of the graph a few days ago to blue. Not sure why. Maybe it is to help people with red green color blindness. They also modified the format of the state data on the website so it is now harder to parse. This graph is from May 21:


This is an average of deaths per day for the past 11 days ending June 4, 2020.

New York101
Illinois82
New Jersey81
Massachusetts71
California66
Pennsylvania66
Ohio39
Maryland39
Michigan37
Florida34
Connecticut32
Georgia29
Virginia26
Indiana24
Texas23
Minnesota21
North Carolina19
Arizona19
Louisiana18
Mississippi16
Colorado16
Rhode Island15
Iowa14
Wisconsin11
Missouri10
Alabama10
South Carolina9
Tennessee8
Washington8
New Mexico7
Delaware6
New Hampshire6
Kentucky5
Nevada5
Washington D.C.5
Oklahoma4
Nebraska4
Kansas3
Puerto Rico2
Utah2
Maine2
Arkansas1
Oregon1
North Dakota1
South Dakota1







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