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Data in Motion

COVID-19 Data in Motion: Thursday, November 12, 2020

A 60-second, daily summary of the most important data on COVID-19 in the U.S., updated every morning.

By Region

See the latest data in your region

Explore stats and trends specific to your country or U.S. state

State Timeline

Impact of opening and closing decisions by state

A look at how social distancing measures may have influenced trends in COVID-19 cases and deaths

Testing Trends Tool

Track trends in COVID-19 cases and tests

Vaccines

Understand timelines, safety, and development for COVID-19 vaccines.

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Vaccine Symposium

JHU-UW Vaccine Symposium

Preserving the Scientific Integrity of Getting to COVID-19 Vaccines: From Clinical Trials to Public Allocation

INTERACTIVE

Developing vaccines quickly and safely

An interactive tool from our vaccine experts that explores how a vaccine is developed and the differences between a typical timeline and an accelerated timeline.

Tracking

Follow global cases and trends.
Updated daily.

New Cases of COVID-19 in US States

Where are cases rising?

See if new cases are rising or declining as states reopen.

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New Cases

Have countries flattened the curve?

Daily confirmed new COVID-19 cases for the 20 most affected countries over time.

Testing

Providing public access to COVID-19 testing data, resources, and expert analysis

Testing tracker

See changes in new cases and testing capacity in all 50 states

Understanding COVID-19 outbreaks across U.S. states and regions based on three important metrics.

Testing tracker

New tests per 1,000 people

A state-by-state comparison.

Testing tracker

Have new tests declined from previous week?

A state-level look at weekly changes in testing rates.

Testing tracker

Percent of new tests that are positive

See which states meet or exceed test positivity rates recommended by the World Health Organization.

Contact Tracing

Resources and Expert Guidance for Tracing the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Contact Tracing: A course from Johns Hopkins

The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. The job qualifications for contact tracing positions differ throughout the country and the world, with some new positions open to individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.

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news | November 10, 2020

Time: Contact tracing apps were big tech's best idea for fighting COVID-19. Why haven't they helped?

Contact tracing apps have made slow progress across the country, hampered by sluggish and uncoordinated development, distrust of technology companies, and inadequate advertising budgets and messaging campaigns.

news | October 5, 2020

Today: What is contact tracing? How experts are tracking coronavirus infections.

President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis highlights the importance of contact tracing. What does it entail?

news | October 3, 2020

NPR: How do you contact trace the president of the United States?

What does it look like when you're contact tracing the President of the United States, in the hectic, jam-packed last weeks of a reelection campaign?

E-Learning: Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Insights from Johns Hopkins University Experts

Insights From Johns Hopkins University Experts

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe characteristics of the COVID-19 disease, including how it is diagnosed and treated
  • Understand the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, and emerging trends throughout the world
  • Discuss societal challenges raised by COVID-19 and opportunities to address them

Module 1

Virology, Coronaviruses, and COVID-19

Module 2

Diagnosing, Treating, and Preventing COVID-19

Module 3

Medical Therapies and Vaccines in Development

Module 4

Epidemiology: Understanding the Spread of COVID-19


Take Online Course

Latest News & Resources

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experts | November 10, 2020

The Hill: Pfizer news is great — tempering enthusiasm is not the same as erasing

Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, on why while it is appropriate to be very enthusiastic about Pfizer's vaccine development, it must be tempered to some degree. 

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news | November 10, 2020

Time: Contact tracing apps were big tech's best idea for fighting COVID-19. Why haven't they helped?

Contact tracing apps have made slow progress across the country, hampered by sluggish and uncoordinated development, distrust of technology companies, and inadequate advertising budgets and messaging campaigns.

webcasts | November 11, 2020

T-20: COVID 19, EAST ASIA, AND THE GLOBAL RESPONSE

The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Reischauer Center’s virtual conference with the T-20 Global Think Tank Summit will consider topics of global importance, including lessons for the international community from East Asia’s initial response to COVID-19.


experts | November 10, 2020

Bloomberg: Johns Hopkins sees potential for multiple coronavirus vaccines

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar Dr. Amesh Adalja on delivery of a coronavirus vaccine and the potential for improving on initial COVID-19 vaccines.

news | November 10, 2020

USA Today: Experts say America is behind on COVID-19 vaccine messaging, call for honest, straight talk

The U.S. government has spent more than $10 billion creating vaccines to protect against COVID-19 but so far little encouraging Americans to take them. Public health officials say that's a mistake.

experts | November 10, 2020

CNBC: Regulatory agencies still need to review Pfizer’s vaccine on safety

Joshua Sharfstein of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on why Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine still needs to go through regulatory review for safety.

experts | November 8, 2020

Bloomberg: COVID, COVID, COVID (Podcast)

Dr. Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Professor Paul Tambyah at the N-U-S Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Jason Farley of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Nancy Spector of Drexel University on the latest COVID-19 developments.

news | November 8, 2020

Bloomberg: COVID Cases Top 10 Million in U.S., No Slowdown in Sight

More than 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the past 10 months, and with the start of winter just a month away, the virus shows few signs of slowing down.

experts | November 6, 2020

U.S. registers two days of 100,000 COVID Cases

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor and Virologist Andrew Pekosz on the surge in U.S. coronavirus cases, hospitalization and mortality in the current wave of illness, as well as coronavirus vaccine trials.

news | November 5, 2020

The New York Times: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?

In the United States, the standard approach to distributing a routine vaccine is based on the assumption that there will be plenty of doses available.

experts | November 4, 2020

Bloomberg: COVID-19 set to overwhelm hospitals again

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Vice Dean Joshua Sharfstein on increasing hospitalization rates.

news | November 4, 2020

The Washington Post: United States tops 100,000 new virus cases in a day for first time

The United States recorded more than 100,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day for the first time on Wednesday.

news | November 4, 2020

Yahoo!: Pregnant women have a higher risk of complications, death from COVID-19, CDC says

For months, pregnant women have been told that they may have an increased risk of complications from COVID-19. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made the wording more definite.

experts | November 3, 2020

Bloomberg: U.S. to use COVID testing, isolation over lockdowns

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Senior Scholar Dr. Amesh Adalja on how the 2020 election could impact the U.S. approach to the coronavirus and the importance of having the Centers for Disease lead the public health response to COVID-19.

news | November 3, 2020

Business Insider: COVID-19 is surging across the US and Europe. Here are the 9 most common mistakes people make when trying to protect themselves from the virus.

Nine of the clearest culprits driving the COVID-19 uptick today, which you can do something about.