Timeline: Evolving U.S. Policies
As infections surge again across the U.S., states are cracking down on mask-wearing and rolling back reopenings. SmartNews is tracking policy changes here.
UPDATES
9 hours ago
De Blasio announces $10K fines, checkpoints for travelers flouting NYC quarantine
7/31/2020
Several Wisconsin law enforcement authorities say they won’t enforce mask mandate
7/30/2020
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves orders mask mandate for eight more counties
7/30/2020
Gov. Tony Evers requires all Wisconsin residents to wear face masks while indoors until the end of September
7/28/2020
Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota added to New York State COVID-19 travel advisory list
| Confirmed Cases | Deaths† |
|
4,818,328
+47,092 Today
+53,668 Yesterday
|
157,930
+1,123 Today
+1,338 Yesterday
|
Last Updated: 8/5/2020, 18:23 PDT
State Trends
Rising
6
Falling
18
Flat
26
Total State Cases
>100,000
50,001-100,000
20,001-50,000
5,001-20,000
1-5,000
Reopening Status Map
ReopenedReopeningHaltedClosing again
New U.S. Cases
August 4
+53,668
Trend
Flat
Total U.S. Cases
Confirmed cases
4,818,328
Deaths
157,930
Tests
Positive-Test Rate
7.9%
| State/Territory | Confirmed | New cases yesterday | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 474,420 | 9,408 | 7,494 | |
| California | 528,167 | 5,828 | 9,728 | |
| Florida | 502,739 | 5,446 | 7,627 | |
| Louisiana | 125,943 | 3,615 | 4,092 | |
| Georgia | 201,705 | 2,513 | 3,982 | |
| Tennessee | 114,086 | 1,805 | 1,142 | |
| Illinois | 187,752 | 1,471 | 7,770 | |
| South Carolina | 95,472 | 1,239 | 1,894 | |
| Missouri | 55,614 | 1,208 | 1,298 | |
| Virginia | 95,049 | 1,145 | 2,274 | |
| Ohio | 96,303 | 1,143 | 3,595 | |
| North Carolina | 129,733 | 1,085 | 2,085 | |
| Mississippi | 63,436 | 1,074 | 1,802 | |
| Alabama | 94,634 | 1,041 | 1,694 | |
| Arizona | 182,203 | 1,008 | 3,932 | |
| Nevada | 52,828 | 980 | 890 | |
| Oklahoma | 40,556 | 861 | 582 | |
| Pennsylvania | 120,446 | 830 | 7,254 | |
| Indiana | 69,975 | 822 | 3,007 | |
| Michigan | 93,891 | 801 | 6,477 | |
| Arkansas | 46,293 | 784 | 508 | |
| New York | 418,225 | 746 | 32,754 | |
| Wisconsin | 56,935 | 728 | 969 | |
| Maryland | 92,426 | 710 | 3,536 | |
| Kentucky | 32,741 | 689 | 752 | |
| Washington | 60,076 | 664 | 1,623 | |
| Minnesota | 57,779 | 602 | 1,670 | |
| Idaho | 22,236 | 566 | 210 | |
| Massachusetts | 119,643 | 546 | 8,659 | |
| Puerto Rico | 19,651 | 533 | 246 | |
| Colorado | 48,970 | 426 | 1,851 | |
| Utah | 42,328 | 378 | 327 | |
| New Jersey | 183,327 | 356 | 15,842 | |
| Kansas | 29,230 | 350 | 371 | |
| Iowa | 46,664 | 336 | 900 | |
| Oregon | 19,977 | 333 | 337 | |
| North Dakota | 7,057 | 272 | 108 | |
| Nebraska | 27,486 | 222 | 334 | |
| New Mexico | 21,804 | 210 | 670 | |
| Rhode Island | 19,481 | 144 | 1,012 | |
| Hawaii | 2,763 | 143 | 27 | |
| District of Columbia | 12,443 | 85 | 587 | |
| Delaware | 15,296 | 82 | 587 | |
| West Virginia | 7,162 | 81 | 124 | |
| Montana | 4,428 | 81 | 64 | |
| South Dakota | 9,168 | 59 | 137 | |
| Alaska | 3,448 | 53 | 25 | |
| Connecticut | 50,225 | 48 | 4,437 | |
| Wyoming | 2,923 | 36 | 27 | |
| New Hampshire | 6,693 | 33 | 418 | |
| Virgin Islands | 481 | 24 | 8 | |
| Guam | 389 | 14 | 5 | |
| Maine | 3,994 | 7 | 124 | |
| Vermont | 1,436 | 4 | 57 | |
| Grand Princess | 103 | 0 | 3 | |
| Diamond Princess | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 46 | 0 | 2 |
Tracker: Vaccine & Drug Development
Researchers worldwide are scrambling to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. SmartNews is tracking progress here.
UPDATES
2 hours ago
$29 billion biotech company Moderna just signed a big cloud deal with Amazon Web Services, even as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine accelerates
9 hours ago
The US just struck a deal for 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine from Johnson & Johnson
1 day ago
Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine generates promising immune response in early trial, data shows
2 days ago
Russia gears up for mass vaccination against coronavirus despite international skepticism
7/31/2020
U.S. agrees to pay Sanofi and GSK $2.1 billion for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine
7/30/2020
Massachusetts drug maker Pfizer could have 100 million doses of ‘most advanced’ coronavirus vaccine this year
| Confirmed | Recovered | Deaths |
|
18,710,668
+167,006 Today
|
11,284,150
+141,119 Today
|
704,869
+4,155 Today
|
>10,000
1,001-10,000
101-1,000
11-100
1-10
0
| Country | Confirmed | Recovered | Deaths |
| United States | 4,818,328 | - | 157,930 |
| Brazil | 2,859,073 | 2,184,733 | 97,256 |
| India | 1,908,254 | 1,282,215 | 39,795 |
| Russia | 864,948 | 667,769 | 14,465 |
| South Africa | 529,877 | 377,266 | 9,298 |
| Mexico | 449,961 | 357,444 | 48,869 |
| Peru | 439,890 | 302,457 | 20,007 |
| Chile | 364,723 | 338,291 | 9,792 |
| Colombia | 334,979 | 180,258 | 11,315 |
| Iran | 317,483 | 274,932 | 17,802 |
| United Kingdom | 307,258 | 1,445 | 46,295 |
| Spain | 305,767 | 150,376 | 28,499 |
| Saudi Arabia | 282,824 | 245,314 | 3,020 |
| Pakistan | 281,136 | 254,286 | 6,014 |
| Italy | 248,803 | 200,976 | 35,181 |
| Bangladesh | 246,674 | 141,750 | 3,267 |
| Turkey | 236,112 | 219,506 | 5,784 |
| France | 228,576 | 81,764 | 30,297 |
| Germany | 214,113 | 194,568 | 9,179 |
| Argentina | 213,535 | 96,948 | 4,009 |
| Iraq | 137,556 | 98,442 | 5,094 |
| Canada | 119,986 | 104,362 | 9,010 |
| Indonesia | 116,871 | 73,889 | 5,452 |
| Philippines | 115,980 | 66,270 | 2,123 |
| Qatar | 111,805 | 108,539 | 178 |
| Kazakhstan | 94,882 | 67,031 | 1,058 |
| Egypt | 94,875 | 47,182 | 4,930 |
| Ecuador | 88,866 | 71,168 | 5,847 |
| China | 88,291 | 81,407 | 4,677 |
| Bolivia | 83,361 | 25,390 | 3,320 |
| Sweden | 81,540 | - | 5,760 |
| Oman | 80,286 | 69,803 | 488 |
| Israel | 77,919 | 51,395 | 565 |
| Ukraine | 77,169 | 42,784 | 1,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 75,660 | 40,122 | 1,222 |
| Belgium | 70,648 | 17,639 | 9,852 |
| Panama | 70,231 | 44,792 | 1,553 |
| Kuwait | 69,425 | 60,906 | 468 |
| Belarus | 68,376 | 63,425 | 577 |
| United Arab Emirates | 61,606 | 55,385 | 353 |
| Netherlands | 56,750 | 207 | 6,173 |
| Romania | 56,550 | 28,584 | 2,521 |
| Singapore | 54,254 | 47,768 | 27 |
| Guatemala | 53,509 | 41,199 | 2,072 |
| Portugal | 51,848 | 37,565 | 1,740 |
| Poland | 48,789 | 35,321 | 1,756 |
| Nigeria | 44,890 | 32,165 | 927 |
| Honduras | 44,299 | 5,921 | 1,400 |
| Japan | 42,663 | 28,020 | 1,028 |
| Bahrain | 42,514 | 39,576 | 154 |
| Armenia | 39,586 | 30,850 | 770 |
| Ghana | 39,075 | 35,563 | 199 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 38,110 | 29,513 | 1,438 |
| Afghanistan | 36,829 | 25,742 | 1,294 |
| Switzerland | 35,927 | 31,600 | 1,984 |
| Azerbaijan | 33,103 | 28,840 | 476 |
| Algeria | 33,055 | 22,802 | 1,261 |
| Morocco | 28,500 | 19,994 | 435 |
| Uzbekistan | 27,793 | 18,783 | 171 |
| Serbia | 27,033 | 0 | 614 |
| Ireland | 26,303 | 23,364 | 1,763 |
| Moldova | 26,222 | 18,167 | 823 |
| Kenya | 23,873 | 9,930 | 391 |
| Austria | 21,566 | 19,464 | 719 |
| Venezuela | 21,438 | 11,875 | 187 |
| Nepal | 21,390 | 15,156 | 60 |
| Costa Rica | 20,417 | 6,851 | 191 |
| Ethiopia | 20,336 | 8,598 | 356 |
| Australia | 19,444 | 10,941 | 247 |
| El Salvador | 18,701 | 9,111 | 498 |
| Cameroon | 17,718 | 15,320 | 391 |
| Czech Republic | 17,529 | 11,909 | 388 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 16,349 | 12,191 | 103 |
| South Korea | 14,456 | 13,406 | 302 |
| Denmark | 14,440 | 12,958 | 616 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,138 | 6,839 | 379 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 13,065 | 6,618 | 89 |
| Bulgaria | 12,717 | 7,154 | 424 |
| Madagascar | 12,222 | 9,798 | 127 |
| Sudan | 11,780 | 6,194 | 763 |
| Macedonia | 11,289 | 7,221 | 511 |
| Senegal | 10,538 | 6,988 | 218 |
| Norway | 9,409 | 8,752 | 256 |
| Kosovo | 9,274 | 5,190 | 296 |
| Congo | 9,253 | 7,821 | 215 |
| Malaysia | 9,023 | 8,702 | 125 |
| Gabon | 7,787 | 5,609 | 51 |
| Tajikistan | 7,625 | 6,399 | 61 |
| Guinea | 7,575 | 6,632 | 49 |
| Haiti | 7,532 | 4,832 | 171 |
| Finland | 7,512 | 6,980 | 331 |
| Zambia | 7,022 | 5,667 | 176 |
| Luxembourg | 7,007 | 5,623 | 118 |
| Mauritania | 6,444 | 5,291 | 157 |
| Albania | 5,889 | 3,123 | 182 |
| Paraguay | 5,852 | 4,645 | 59 |
| Lebanon | 5,417 | 1,880 | 68 |
| Croatia | 5,376 | 4,589 | 154 |
| Djibouti | 5,330 | 5,057 | 59 |
| Greece | 4,974 | 1,374 | 210 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4,821 | 2,182 | 83 |
| Central African Republic | 4,618 | 1,640 | 59 |
| Maldives | 4,594 | 2,703 | 19 |
| Hungary | 4,564 | 3,431 | 599 |
| Malawi | 4,426 | 2,078 | 136 |
| Libya | 4,224 | 633 | 96 |
| Zimbabwe | 4,221 | 1,238 | 81 |
| Nicaragua | 3,902 | 2,913 | 123 |
| Congo | 3,546 | 1,589 | 58 |
| Montenegro | 3,411 | 2,032 | 57 |
| Thailand | 3,328 | 3,144 | 58 |
| Somalia | 3,227 | 1,728 | 93 |
| Swaziland | 2,909 | 1,385 | 53 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,839 | 2,537 | 11 |
| Cuba | 2,726 | 2,396 | 88 |
| Cape Verde | 2,689 | 1,955 | 27 |
| Mali | 2,546 | 1,950 | 124 |
| Namibia | 2,540 | 211 | 12 |
| South Sudan | 2,437 | 1,175 | 47 |
| Slovakia | 2,417 | 1,777 | 29 |
| Slovenia | 2,208 | 1,884 | 124 |
| Lithuania | 2,147 | 1,650 | 81 |
| Estonia | 2,113 | 1,948 | 63 |
| Rwanda | 2,104 | 1,237 | 5 |
| Mozambique | 2,079 | 778 | 15 |
| Suriname | 2,050 | 1,327 | 27 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2,032 | 944 | 27 |
| Benin | 1,936 | 1,600 | 38 |
| Iceland | 1,926 | 1,825 | 10 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,860 | 1,401 | 67 |
| Yemen | 1,763 | 894 | 508 |
| Tunisia | 1,601 | 1,233 | 51 |
| New Zealand | 1,569 | 1,523 | 22 |
| Angola | 1,395 | 506 | 62 |
| Uruguay | 1,309 | 1,065 | 37 |
| Latvia | 1,257 | 1,070 | 32 |
| Jordan | 1,231 | 1,160 | 11 |
| Liberia | 1,221 | 699 | 78 |
| Uganda | 1,213 | 1,102 | 5 |
| Georgia | 1,197 | 974 | 17 |
| Cyprus | 1,195 | 856 | 19 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,153 | 947 | 54 |
| Niger | 1,152 | 1,057 | 69 |
| Togo | 1,001 | 690 | 21 |
| Syria | 944 | 296 | 48 |
| Andorra | 939 | 825 | 52 |
| Chad | 939 | 835 | 75 |
| Malta | 926 | 668 | 9 |
| Jamaica | 920 | 745 | 12 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 878 | 795 | 15 |
| Botswana | 804 | 63 | 2 |
| Gambia | 799 | 115 | 16 |
| Bahamas | 751 | 91 | 14 |
| Lesotho | 726 | 174 | 21 |
| Vietnam | 717 | 381 | 8 |
| Diamond Princess | 712 | 651 | 13 |
| San Marino | 699 | 657 | 42 |
| Tanzania | 509 | 183 | 21 |
| Guyana | 497 | 186 | 22 |
| Taiwan | 476 | 441 | 7 |
| Burundi | 395 | 304 | 1 |
| Comoros | 388 | 340 | 7 |
| Burma | 357 | 305 | 6 |
| Mauritius | 344 | 334 | 10 |
| Mongolia | 293 | 244 | 0 |
| Eritrea | 282 | 225 | 0 |
| Cambodia | 243 | 202 | 0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 199 | 135 | 8 |
| Papua New Guinea | 153 | 44 | 2 |
| Brunei | 141 | 138 | 3 |
| Barbados | 133 | 100 | 7 |
| Seychelles | 126 | 124 | 0 |
| Monaco | 125 | 105 | 4 |
| Bhutan | 105 | 93 | 0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 92 | 75 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | 89 | 85 | 1 |
| Belize | 72 | 31 | 2 |
| Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | 55 | 45 | 0 |
| Fiji | 27 | 18 | 1 |
| Saint Lucia | 25 | 24 | 0 |
| Timor-Leste | 25 | 24 | 0 |
| Grenada | 24 | 23 | 0 |
| Laos | 20 | 19 | 0 |
| Dominica | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| Vatican | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Western Sahara | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| MS Zaandam | 9 | 0 | 2 |
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- Last Updated: 8/5/2020, 18:23 PDT
- Source: Johns Hopkins CSSE
- †SmartNews is no longer displaying U.S. “recovered” data due to the lack of uniform reporting from state health departments.