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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