States ranked by COVID-19 test positivity rates: Feb. 26
Here are the rates of positive COVID-19 tests in each state, along with the number of new cases most recently reported and number of tests conducted per 100,000 people.
Data points were last updated Feb. 26. Data for positivity rates and tests are seven-day moving averages. New cases are daily counts as reported by state and the District of Columbia. The information cited is from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. States are arranged in descending order of test positivity rates.
South Dakota: 23 percent positive
New daily cases: 156
Tests per 100,000: 76.6
Idaho: 22.4
New daily cases: 306
Tests per 100,000: 69.1
Kansas: 21.2
New daily cases: 26
Tests per 100,000: 95.5
Alabama: 20.6
New daily cases: 890
Tests per 100,000: 95.6
Iowa: 20.5
New daily cases: 621
Tests per 100,000: 58.6
Georgia: 12.7
New daily cases: 3,327
Tests per 100,000: 218
Arkansas: 11.2
New daily cases: 726
Tests per 100,000: 154.9
Oklahoma: 10.8
New daily cases: 1,144
Tests per 100,000: 190.6
Tennessee: 10.3
New daily cases: 1,994
Tests per 100,000: 195.6
Kentucky: 9.8
New daily cases: 1,443
Tests per 100,000: 294.9
South Carolina: 9.1
New daily cases: 2,502
Tests per 100,000: 500.9
Utah: 8.7
New daily cases: 832
Tests per 100,000: 257.5
Virginia: 8.7
New daily cases: 2,036
Tests per 100,000: 252.1
New Jersey: 7.5
New daily cases: 3,577
Tests per 100,000: 440.5
Ohio: 7.4
New daily cases: 2,409
Tests per 100,000: 248.2
Mississippi: 7.1
New daily cases: 920
Tests per 100,000: 221.2
Pennsylvania: 6.7
New daily cases: 2,389
Tests per 100,000: 283.1
Florida: 6.4
New daily cases: 6,640
Tests per 100,000: 429
Texas: 6.4
New daily cases: 7,814
Tests per 100,000: 363.2
North Carolina: 6
New daily cases: 3,351
Tests per 100,000: 440.6
Delaware: 5.4
New daily cases: 295
Tests per 100,000: 527.5
Nevada: 5.1
New daily cases: 571
Tests per 100,000: 249.3
Montana: 4.6
New daily cases: 203
Tests per 100,000: 388
Arizona: 4.4
New daily cases: 939
Tests per 100,000: 477.1
New Hampshire: 4.4
New daily cases: 310
Tests per 100,000: 522.8
Missouri: 4.2
New daily cases: 708
Tests per 100,000: 199
Wyoming: 4.2
New daily cases: 214
Tests per 100,000: 398.8
Louisiana: 4.1
New daily cases: 764
Tests per 100,000: 438.9
Colorado: 3.8
New daily cases: 1,119
Tests per 100,000: 477.7
North Dakota: 3.7
New daily cases: 90
Tests per 100,000: 296.7
Michigan: 3.7
New daily cases: 1,598
Tests per 100,000: 345.5
Nebraska: 3.6
New daily cases: 381
Tests per 100,000: 422
West Virginia: 3.6
New daily cases: 431
Tests per 100,000: 457.4
Connecticut: 3.4
New daily cases: 975
Tests per 100,000: 855.8
Washington: 3.4
New daily cases: 1,088
Tests per 100,000: 318.5
New York: 3.3
New daily cases: 8,893
Tests per 100,000: 1,114.1
Minnesota: 3.3
New daily cases: 986
Tests per 100,000: 430
New Mexico: 3.1
New daily cases: 299
Tests per 100,000: 521.4
Oregon: 3
New daily cases: 492
Tests per 100,000: 319.4
California: 2.9
New daily cases: 5,539
Tests per 100,000: 473.6
District of Columbia: 2.9
New daily cases: 179
Tests per 100,000: 576.7
Indiana: 2.7
New daily cases: 1,084
Tests per 100,000: 534.4
Maryland: 2.7
New daily cases: 976
Tests per 100,000: 474.9
Illinois: 2.5
New daily cases: 1,894
Tests per 100,000: 572.1
Wisconsin: 2.3
New daily cases: 965
Tests per 100,000: 554.5
Rhode Island: 2
New daily cases: 467
Tests per 100,000: 1,541.8
Massachusetts: 1.8
New daily cases: 2,108
Tests per 100,000: 1,355.1
Alaska: 1.7
New daily cases: 181
Tests per 100,000: 1,007.3
Vermont: 1.6
New daily cases: 72
Tests per 100,000: 975.8
Maine: 1.6
New daily cases: 218
Tests per 100,000: 685.6
Hawaii: 1.2
New daily cases: 36
Tests per 100,000: 317
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