State COVID-19 Case Rates and Pandemic Protection
A governor’s decision to implement, continue, or relax pandemic protection measures needs to take into account that state or territory’s COVID-19 case rate. This report ranks the COVID-19 case rates for all U.S. states and territories to provide a starting point for making decisions about such measures.
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The decision to implement, continue, or relax pandemic protection measures should be guided by basic public health principles, using the best data available, not by fleeting political pressures.
A summary measure of the overall burden in each state offers one starting point for determining whether to continue protection measures.
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