This Is How High the COVID Risk Level Is in Your State, Data Shows

As we enter March, there's no doubt that the U.S. has turned a corner when it comes to ending the coronavirus pandemic. Why, then, are health officials still concerned? While new cases and hospitalizations have been trending downward, that trajectory has largely stalled, with numbers still too high across the U.S. And even with more than 25 million Americans fully vaccinated against COVID, according to March 2 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hundreds of millions more are still waiting their turn, and the threat of new, potentially more resilient coronavirus strains looms large. Despite serious signs of improvement, the COVID crisis remains a problem throughout the U.S., but how high is the coronavirus risk in your state?

There are countless ways to measure the level of outbreak in any particular area. The experts at COVID Act Now use several categories to determine each state's overall risk level: the daily new case rate, positive test rate, infection rate, ICU capacity, and number of contact tracers hired. To keep things simple, we are focusing on the rate of daily new cases per 100,000 people, which is one of the most effective ways to determine the state of the COVID outbreak in a given area. Using a color-coded system, COVID Act Now marks a state's risk level as green if it's "on track to contain COVID," meaning there is less than 1 new case per 100,000 people, but there are not currently any states that meet this limit.

Instead, states' daily new case rates are marked yellow ("slow disease growth") for 1 to 9 cases per 100,000 people; orange ("at risk of outbreak") for 10 to 24 cases per 100,000 people; red ("active or imminent outbreak") for 25 to 74 cases per 100,000 people; or dark red ("severe outbreak") for 75 or more cases per 100,000 people. As of March 2, nine states are still red, while the vast majority are now orange. With case numbers plateauing, every U.S. state still remains at an elevated risk level, making total containment a somewhat distant prospect.

From fewest to most daily new coronavirus cases, here is how your state is faring as of March 2. And for more a closer look at where cases are rising, COVID Numbers Are Now Spiking Again in These 10 States.

3.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (yellow)

8.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (yellow)

9.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (yellow)

10.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

10.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

12.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

12.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

12.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

12.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

13.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

13.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

13.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

13.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

14.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

14.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

14.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

14.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

15.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

15.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

15.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

15.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

16.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

16.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

17.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

17.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

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17.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

18.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

18.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

18.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

18.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

19.0 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

19.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

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19.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

19.8 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

19.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

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20.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

20.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

20.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

22.7 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

23.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

24.9 daily new cases per 100,000 people (orange)

25.3 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

26.5 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

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29.1 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

29.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

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29.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

34.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

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35.2 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

37.6 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

38.4 daily new cases per 100,000 people (red)

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