The chart above is from The Washington Post. It shows the number of new cases of COVID-19 is continuing to rise in the United States. And the death toll is already well over 300,000 cases nationwide.
The good news is that there are now two vaccines available, and there may be more fairly soon. The bad news is that it's very likely to be another 6 months or more before the virus is actually brought under control. In that time period, there will be many more deaths.
The numbers below are from The COVID Tracking Project. They show the number of COVID-19 deaths in each state through Saturday, December 19th (at 6:00pm CST).
Alabama.....4,296
Alaska.....183
Arizona.....7,819
Arkansas.....3,139
California.....22,160
Colorado.....4,259
Connecticut.....5,581
Delaware.....854
District of Columbia.....728
Florida.....20,690
Georgia.....10,332
Hawaii.....281
Idaho.....1,259
Illinois.....16,206
Indiana.....7,265
Iowa.....3,451
Kansas.....2,341
Kentucky.....2,344
Louisiana.....6,994
Maine.....281
Maryland.....5,358
Massachusetts.....11,610
Michigan.....11,868
Minnesota.....4,723
Mississippi.....4,354
Missouri.....4,853
Montana.....854
Nebraska.....1,453
Nevada.....2,708
New Hampshire.....638
New Jersey.....18,124
New Mexico.....2,128
New York.....28,344
North Carolina.....6,125
North Dakota.....1,231
Ohio.....7,967
Oklahoma.....2,161
Oregon.....1,304
Pennsylvania.....13,608
Rhode Island.....1,625
South Carolina.....4,872
South Dakota.....1,329
Tennessee.....5,960
Texas.....24,954
Utah.....1,140
Vermont.....107
Virginia.....4,598
Washington.....3,117
West Virginia.....1,091
Wisconsin.....4,632
Wyoming.....351
