Table 1:
Descriptive statistics on the included data sets.
| New York Times | |||
| % of counties with non-missing data† | 85.8% | ||
| States with greatest % of counties reporting | 17 counties tied at 100%* | ||
| States with lowest % of counties reporting | Alaska (37.9% - 11/29) | Montana (50% - 28/56) | Nebraska (50.5% - 47/93) |
| States with highest % of unknown cases | Rhode Island (23.3%; 756; 715) | Connecticut (3.8%; 533; 149) | Arkansas (3.0%; 45; 15) |
| Counties with highest cases per million | Rockland, New York (25,591) | Westchester, New York (20,867) | Blaine, Idaho (20,265) |
| Counties with the fastest doubling times | Louisa, Iowa (1.13 days) | Walker, Texas (1.20 days) | Isle of Wight, Virginia (1.40 days) |
| Counties with highest estimated ICU needs | Rockland, New York (2,146% - 837/39) | Westchester, New York (1,166% - 2087/179) | Eagle, Colorado (985% - 49/5) |
| Kaiser Health News | |||
| % of counties with non-missing ICU beds | 45.0% | ||
| Counties with most ICU beds | Los Angeles, California (2,126) | Cook, Illinois (1,606) | New York City, New York (1,592) |
| Counties with the most ICU beds per million | Otero, Colorado (27,452) | Montour, Pennsylvania (2,303) | Emmet, Michigan (1,741) |
| Counties with the least ICU beds per million | Wright, Minnesota (22) | Clinton, Michigan (25.2) | Stafford, Virginia (26.7) |
| Policy Data | |||
| % of states with non-missing data for all 4 policies | 60.8% | ||
| First to declare state of emergency | Washington (2/29/2020) | California (3/4/2020) | Hawaii & Maryland (3/5/2020) |
| First to close public schools | Kentucky & Ohio (3/12/2020) | Delaware, Virginia & W Virginia (3/13/2020) | Arizona, Iowa, Nevada & NH (3/15/2020) |
| First to declare shelter in place | Arizona (3/11/2020) | California (3/19/2020) | Connecticut (3/20/2020) |
| First to close restaurants and bars | Ohio (3/15/2020) | 12 states** on (3/16/2020) | 9 states*** on (3/17/2020) |
Data reported as of 4/16/2020. States with highest % of unknown cases shows the percent of cases from unknown counties as a fraction of total cases in the state, the absolute number of cases from unknown counties in the state, and the cases per million from unknown counties in the state. States with lowest % of counties reporting shows the percentage of counties reporting, the number of counties reporting, and total counties in the state. Counties with highest estimated ICU needs shows the ICU needs as a percentage based on the estimated number of ICU beds needed and KHN reported number of ICU beds.
In the NY Times data all counties that reported cases also reported deaths (or were assumed to be 0)
AL, AZ, CT, DE, DC, FL, IN, LA, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VT
CA, CT, DE, DC, KY, LA, MI, NJ, NY, PA, RI, WA
CO, IL, IN, IA, MA, MN, NC, OR, VT