States ranked by time taken for COVID-19 cases to double

COVID-19 cases are estimated to double quickest in Arizona and Arkansas, and slowest in New York, according to data from a panel of nonpartisan public health and crisis experts.

The panel created the COVID Exit Strategy to track each state's progress toward halting the spread of COVID-19. The tracker uses data from a variety of sources, including the CDC, the COVID Tracking Project, Kaiser Family Foundation and news sources. Learn more here.

Here are the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked by projections of the number of days it will take COVID-19 cases to double.

Note: The number of days it takes for cases to double indicates how quickly the virus is spreading in the state. This list includes ties, which results in a numerical listing of 46.

1. Arizona: 17 days

    Arkansas: 17

2. South Carolina: 18

3. Alabama: 21

4. North Carolina: 23

5. Florida: 28

6. Utah: 29

    Alaska: 29

7. Texas: 30

8. Oklahoma: 31

9. Tennessee: 33

10. Nevada: 34

      California: 34

11. Oregon: 36

12. Georgia: 45

      Mississippi: 45

13. Montana: 46

14. Wyoming: 49

15. Kentucky: 50

16. Missouri: 52

17. Louisiana: 53

18. Iowa: 54

19. Wisconsin: 56

20. Washington: 57

21. New Mexico: 58

22. Maine: 59

23. South Dakota: 60

24. Idaho: 61

25. Hawaii: 64

26. North Dakota: 66

27. Indiana: 67

28. Kansas: 70

29. Virginia: 71

      Ohio: 71

30. Nebraska: 72

31. West Virginia: 74

32. Maryland: 81

33. New Hampshire: 83

34. Vermont: 101

35. District of Columbia: 114

36. Minnesota: 116

37. Colorado: 123

38. Delaware: 134

39. Illinois: 135

40. Pennsylvania: 148

41. Rhode Island: 171

42. Connecticut: 190

43. Massachusetts: 246

44. New Jersey: 309

45. Michigan: 324

46. New York: 360

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