Testing Looks Shaky But National Progress Continues: This Week in COVID-19 Data, Aug 27
New COVID-19 cases continued their steady decline this week, a positive signal supported by a similar decline in hospitalized patients. Reported deaths also fell for the second straight week. Though testing across the US can’t seem to regain the peak of late July, we believe conditions on the ground are improving across the country—and that the data states report is, by and large, trustworthy. Read on to find out why.

We've Redesigned The COVID Tracking Project Site—Again—To Bring You More and Richer Data
In our fifth month of compiling COVID-19 data from 56 US states and territories, we have redesigned the data displays and annotations on our website to reveal more of the data each state and territory publishes and sharpen the contextual information that runs alongside it.

COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity Data: What’s Changed, and What Still Needs Improvement
Even with significant data unreported, the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color is clear.


Finally, Some Good News. This Week in COVID-19 Data, Aug 20
Key data points in our COVID-19 tracking are finally beginning to trend positively. In the South, tests rose while cases fell, a pattern not seen there since early spring. Hospitalizations fell for the third week straight, but deaths remained above 1,000 a day on average.


Something Is Wrong with Testing Data in the Great State of Texas
According to the official state numbers, COVID-19 testing has dropped dramatically in August. However, county-level statistics show the opposite story. What’s going on?

Counting COVID-19 Tests: How States Do It, How We Do It, and What’s Changing
Many states have moved toward greater transparency about their test data reporting methods, and we’re making changes to better represent what they publish. We’re also introducing a “new” way some states are counting tests—one we think all states and territories would be wise to embrace.
