SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 COVID-19: CDC reports US case

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
COVID-19: CDC reports US case count increases by more than 126,000
According to CDC's COVID Data Tracker on September 14, 2021 7:00 pm ET, the case count of COVID-19 in the US stands at 41,262,574* cases, including 660,380* deaths, in 55 (50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marianas, and US Virgin Islands) jurisdictions, while 126,083 new cases and 989 new deaths were reported.

Additionally, the CDC noted that a total of 209,982,936 (63.2%) people have received at least one dose of vaccine and 179,289,983 (54.0%) people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the US.

* As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths.

The following table depicts the 20 jurisdictions with the highest case counts, and their total death, percentage of population with at least one dose of vaccine and percentage of population fully vaccinated in the respective jurisdictions. Vaccination information was obtained from the CDC’s site, with full details on vaccination status for all jurisdictions.

State Cases Deaths % of population with at least one dose of vaccine % of population fully vaccinated
California 4,372,806 66,813 70.2 57.3
Texas 3,839,170 59,197 58.5 49.2
Florida # 3,453,390 49,254 65.6 55.3
New York 2,327,163 44,005 69.3 61.9
Illinois 1,578,198 27,008 67.3 52.3
Georgia 1,507,503 24,028 52.8 42.8
Pennsylvania 1,354,451 28,651 70.8 56.4
Ohio 1,311,518 21,265 53.4 49.3
North Carolina 1,308,150 15,305 57.7 48.0
Tennessee 1,160,055 14,137 51.4 43.6
New Jersey 1,121,089 27,101 71.3 62.9
Michigan 1,095,200 21,854 55.9 51.3
Arizona 1,053,487 19,304 58.2 49.8
Indiana 913,528 14,482 51.2 47.2
Virginia 814,738 12,118 66.7 58.7
South Carolina 806,597 11,349 53.5 45.2
Missouri 789,089 11,010 53.8 46.5
Massachusetts 783,750 18,393 76.4 66.9
Wisconsin 760,404 8,646 59.9 55.1
Alabama 754,242 12,718 51.3 40.4
# Florida cases and deaths were obtained from the CDC site as no data were available from the state department of health.

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 500,000 to 749,999 (as of September 14)

Louisiana
Minnesota
Colorado
Kentucky
Washington
Oklahoma
Maryland
Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 300,000 to 499,999 (as of September 14)

Utah
Arkansas
Mississippi
Iowa
Nevada
Kansas
Connecticut
Oregon
Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 150,000 to 299,999 (as of September 14)

Nebraska ^
New Mexico
Idaho
West Virginia
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
^ The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services noted that the Nebraska COVID-19 Response Dashboard has concluded on June 30, 2021, as the state exits the Coronavirus State of Emergency; thus, case count for Nebraska was obtained from the CDC site.

Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 100,000 to 149,999 (as of September 14)

South Dakota
Montana
Delaware
North Dakota
New Hampshire
Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 10,000 to 99,999 (as of September 14)

Alaska
Wyoming
Maine
Hawaii
District of Columbia
Vermont
Guam
Jurisdictions with case count in the range of 1 to 9,999 (as of September 14)

Virgin Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
American Samoa
Republic of Marshall Islands
Republic of Palau
Reference: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases
SOURCE: CDC; State Health Agencies