States ranked by COVID-19 test positivity rates: Sept. 2

Molly Gamble (Twitter) – Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 Print  | EmailShare  

Here are the rates of positive COVID-19 tests in each state, along with the number of new cases most recently reported and number of tests conducted per 1,000 people. 

Data points were last updated Sept. 2. Data for positivity rates and tests are seven-day moving averages; new cases are daily counts as reported by state and the District of Columbia. The information cited is from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. States are arranged in descending order of test positivity rates. 

Editor’s note: A jurisdiction might report a negative number of probable cases on a given day if more probable cases were disproven than were initially reported on that day. Furthermore, some states modify their reporting to include both confirmed cases and probable cases, which may cause new case data to spike. Due to limited reporting on Sundays, some data is unavailable until later hours Monday, including new daily cases.

Alabama: 32.8 percent positive

New daily cases: 1,558

Tests per 1,000: 0.9

South Dakota: 22.2 

New daily cases: 240

Tests per 1,000: 1.6

North Dakota: 20.1

New daily cases: 184

Tests per 1,000: 1.7

Iowa: 18.5

New daily cases: 708

Tests per 1,000: 1.6

Kansas: 16

New daily cases: 363

Tests per 1,000: 1.3

Nevada: 15.3

New daily cases: 405

Tests per 1,000: 1

Mississippi: 14.5

New daily cases: 634

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Missouri: 13.6

New daily cases: 1,103

Tests per 1,000: 1.6

South Carolina: 13.2

New daily cases: 854

Tests per 1,000: 1.3

Florida: 12.2

New daily cases: 7,569

Tests per 1,000: 1.4

Idaho: 11.5

New daily cases: 272

Tests per 1,000: 1.4

Georgia: 10.4

New daily cases: 2,226

Tests per 1,000: 1.9

Nebraska: 9.9

New daily cases: 287

Tests per 1,000: 1.7

Texas: 9.9

New daily cases: 4,982

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Minnesota: 9.4

New daily cases: 491

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Oklahoma: 9.3

New daily cases: 665

Tests per 1,000: 2.0

Indiana: 8.9

New daily cases: 695

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Wisconsin: 8.8

New daily cases: 981

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Hawaii: 8.6

New daily cases: 181

Tests per 1,000: 1.7

Kentucky: 8.4

New daily cases: 789

Tests per 1,000: 1.8

Utah: 7.8

New daily cases: 296

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Tennessee: 7.6

New daily cases: 1,396

Tests per 1,000: 3

Arkansas: 7.3

New daily cases: 273

Tests per 1,000: 2.7

Virginia: 7.1

New daily cases: 1,018

Tests per 1,000: 1.7

Arizona: 6.6

New daily cases: 507

Tests per 1,000: 0.9

North Carolina: 6

New daily cases: 2,115

Tests per 1,000: 2.6

Montana: 5.6

New daily cases: 88

Tests per 1,000: 2.1

Louisiana: 5

New daily cases: 689

Tests per 1,000: 2.9

California: 4.9

New daily cases: 3,142

Tests per 1,000: 2.6

Pennsylvania: 4.8

New daily cases: 753

Tests per 1,000: 1.1

Oregon: 4.6

New daily cases: 233

Tests per 1,000: 1.1

Maryland: 4.6

New daily cases: 614

Tests per 1,000: 2

Delaware: 4.4

New daily cases: 106

Tests per 1,000: 1.9

Illinois: 4.4

New daily cases: 1,492

Tests per 1,000: 3.5

Wyoming: 3.8

New daily cases: 24

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

Ohio: 3.4

New daily cases: 1,451

Tests per 1,000: 3

Colorado: 3.3

New daily cases: 351

Tests per 1,000: 1.5

West Virginia: 3.2

New daily cases: 264

Tests per 1,000: 2.8

Washington: 3.2

New daily cases: 304

Tests per 1,000: 1.7

Michigan: 2.5

New daily cases: 795

Tests per 1,000: 3

New Mexico: 2.4

New daily cases: 108

Tests per 1,000: 2.5

Washington, D.C.: 1.7

New daily cases: 57

Tests per 1,000: 4.3

Massachusetts: 1.6

New daily cases: 355

Tests per 1,000: 3.1

New Jersey: 1.4

New daily cases: 330

Tests per 1,000: 2.6

Rhode Island: 1.2

New daily cases: 53

Tests per 1,000: 6.9

Alaska: 1.2

New daily cases: 34

Tests per 1,000: 7.9

New Hampshire: 1.1

New daily cases: 22

Tests per 1,000: 1.2

Connecticut: 0.9

New daily cases: 127

Tests per 1,000: 4.4

New York: 0.8

New daily cases: 754

Tests per 1,000: 4.3

Maine: 0.6

New daily cases: 20

Tests per 1,000: 3.3

Vermont: 0.4

New daily cases: 11

Tests per 1,000: 3.7