A Sign of Just How Terrible the Winter’s Surge Was
In November, COVID-19 levels shot past the worst of the summer’s surge. Now they’re back below that threshold.
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Mario Tama / Getty A Single Day With Fewer Than 100,000 Cases of COVID-19
The case count in the U.S. hadn’t dipped that low since November.
Glen Stubbe / Star Tribune / Getty Fewer Americans Are Getting COVID-19 Tests
Our best coronavirus tracking tool is still underused.
Zack Wittman / Bloomberg / Getty The Deadliest Month Yet
January saw one-fifth of all American COVID-19 deaths to date.
Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / Getty Hospitalizations Are Down
And the seven-day average of COVID-19 cases has dropped significantly too.
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty A Tragic Beginning to a Presidency
On the eve of Biden’s inauguration, the pandemic’s toll has reached nearly 24 million cases and 400,000 deaths.
Shutterstock / The Atlantic The Black Hole in America’s COVID-19 Data
States know very little about the results from rapid coronavirus tests.
Getty / The Atlantic The Winter Surge Is Fracturing
Hospitalizations are down across the Midwest, but a handful of states are showing worrisome signs.
PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP / Getty December Is Now the Deadliest Month of the Pandemic
With days left to go in the month, the number of deaths reported passed April’s high.
Go Nakamura / Getty California Has Lost Control
The Golden State was in better shape than most of the country. Now the outbreak there is going from bad to worse.
Apu Gomes / AFP / Getty
