Public Health

Below are 25 updates from the six states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic: 

The U.S. COVID-19 case count is the highest in the world, with 368,449 cases as of 8:45 a.m. CDT April 7. Nationwide, 10,993 Americans have died from the virus, while 19,919 have recovered. 

About one in eight Americans, 14 percent, report knowing someone who has tested positive for the new coronavirus, up from 10 percent last week, a new Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index poll shows.

St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles closed in January. On April 13, it will reopen as a COVID-19 treatment center. 

The demand for hospital beds in the U.S. is projected to far exceed capacity by mid-April, according to an analysis from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle. 

The CDC is now reporting weekly updates of COVID-19 testing done by public health, clinical and commercial laboratories.

Protocols for when recovered COVID-19 patients can end self-quarantine and resume normal activities differ greatly across the U.S. and other countries, reports The Wall Street Journal.

HHS released the amount of CDC coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental funding each state has received as of April 6.

COVID-19 is likely spreading in nearly three-fourths of all U.S. counties, according to a new study cited by The New York Times.

Below are 27 updates from the six states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic: