Coastal Cases Continue to Climb, Arizona and Others Turn Critical

The HealthWeather Briefing aggregates insights from Kinsa's network of smart thermometers and shares where we expect to see changes in COVID case counts and trajectories. Get your insights at a glance.

• Our data shows 44 states are at critical risk, up from 35 states last week. The recent additions include Virginia, Arizona, California and Florida.

• Nine of the top 10 states we’re projecting to have the largest rate of increases in  COVID cases are coastal: Maine, Washington, California, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, DC, Georgia, Oregon. Arizona is the only state in the south west to join the top 10

• We expect to see the largest case growth in these populous counties: Erie County, NY, Marion County, IN, El Paso County, CO, Hennepin County, MN, Will County, IL 

• Oklahoma and Nevada moved into the top five states we project to add the most cases

• Flu-like illness has increased in south-west Arizona, eastern New Mexico and much of west Texas.

• 53 parishes in Louisiana are at critical COVID risk compared to 23 from last week.