COVID-19: Close to 34,000 new cases reported in US

* As of April 14, 2020, CDC case counts and death counts include both confirmed and probable cases and deaths. This change was made to reflect an interim COVID-19 position statement issued by the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists on April 5, 2020. The position statement included a case definition and made COVID-19 a nationally notifiable disease.

A confirmed case or death is defined by meeting confirmatory laboratory evidence for COVID-19.

A probable case or death is defined by one of the following:

• Meeting clinical criteria AND epidemiologic evidence with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19
• Meeting presumptive laboratory evidence AND either clinical criteria OR epidemiologic evidence
• Meeting vital records criteria with no confirmatory laboratory testing performed for COVID-19

Updates from state health departments are as follows.

California

According to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), as of September 29, there were 807,425 positive cases and 15,640 deaths in California - an increase of 2,162 cases and 32 deaths compared to the preceding day. Los Angeles county recorded 268,404 cases and 6,515 deaths - accounting for 33% and 42% of the total cases and deaths in the state respectively.

As of September 28, local health departments have reported 98 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) statewide. In addition, 38,907 confirmed COVID-19 cases in health care workers and 185 deaths were also reported statewide.

Texas

On September 29, there were a total of 743,284 positive cases and 15,604 deaths reported in the state - an increase of 3,812 cases and 71 deaths compared to the preceding day. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services noted that a backlog of 250 confirmed cases was included in the statewide total but excluded from daily new cases reported. 

COVID-19 cases are now reported in 252 counties out of 254 counties in the state.

Florida

As of September 29, there were 704,568 cases and 14,313 deaths of COVID-19 reported in the state - this represents an additional 3,259 new positive COVID-19 cases and 70 deaths compared to the preceding day. 

The Florida Department of Health reported that the statewide positivity rate for new cases is 5.01 percent on September 29 - the forty-seventh straight day below 10 percent positivity of new cases.

New York

According to the New York State Department of Health update on September 29, there were 457,649 cases of COVID-19 reported in the state - an increase of 1,189 cases from the preceding day. 

New York City accounted for 44% of those additional cases with 523 new cases reported, bringing the city's total to 243,595 cases.

On September 29, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that there were 571 cases of hospitalization and 147 patients in ICUs, of whom 61 were intubated. In addition, there were two new deaths reported in the residents of Delaware (1) and Steuben (1) Counties, bringing the total deaths in the state to 25,470.

States with case count in the range of 150000 to 399999 (as of September 29)

• Georgia
• Illinois: The Illinois Department of Public Health on September 29 announced 23 additional confirmed deaths in residents from Bond, Clark, Clinton, Cook, DuPage, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Moultrie, Peoria, Rock Island, Whiteside, Will, Williamson and Winnebago Counties, bringing total deaths to 8,637 in 102 counties in Illinois. 
• Arizona
• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• Tennessee
• Louisiana
• Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Department of Health on September 29 confirmed that there were 8,123 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the state - an increase of 16 deaths from the preceding day.
• Alabama
• Ohio

States with case count in the range of 100000 to 149999 (as of September 29)

• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Michigan
• Massachusetts
• Missouri
• Maryland
• Wisconsin
• Indiana: The Indiana State Department of Health on September 29 reported a total of 3,385 COVID-19 deaths - an increase of 20 from the previous day. Another 227 probable deaths have been reported based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.

States with case count in the range of 50000 to 99999 (as of September 29)

• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Iowa
• Washington
• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Nevada
• Utah
• Colorado
• Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear on September 29 stated that out of 1,018 new coronavirus cases reported, 157 cases were from children ages 18 and younger, of whom 27 were aged 5 and under. The youngest was two months old. In addition, 8 new deaths were reported in five women and three men in their 60s-90s from Bell, Bullitt, Floyd, Henderson, Hickman and Kenton Counties, raising the total to 1,170.
• Kansas
• Connecticut

States with case count in the range of 25000 to 49999 (as of September 29)

• Puerto Rico: Local health department reported six additional deaths from COVID-19 on September 29, bringing the total to 654 deaths in Puerto Rico.
• Nebraska
• Idaho
• Oregon: The Oregon Health Authority reported COVID-19 has claimed eight more lives in Oregon on September 29, raising the state’s death toll to 555 deaths. The deceased were three women and five men in their 50s-90s from Clackamas, Malheur, Marion, Multnomah and Yamhill Counties; most of the deceased were with underlying conditions. 
• New Mexico: New Mexico state health officials on September 29 reported 2 additional deaths related to COVID-19 in two men in their 30s and 80s from Eddy County; both of them were with underlying conditions. The number of deaths related to COVID-19 in the state is now 875.

States with case count in the range of 15000 to 24999 (as of September 29)

• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• North Dakota: North Dakota Department of Health announced five additional COVID-19 related deaths in two men and three women in their 70s-90s from Burleigh, Grant, Morton and Ward Counties on September 29; all of the deceased had underlying health conditions. There were 239 total deaths since the pandemic began. 
• Delaware
• West Virginia: The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported eight additional deaths in four men and four women in their 70s-80s from Berkeley, Logan, Monroe, Putnam, Taylor and Wyoming Counties on September 29, raising the death toll to 345 in West Virginia.
• Washington D.C: The District reported its 625th and 626th COVID-19 related deaths in two 80-year-old women on September 29.

States with case count in the range of 5000 to 14999 (as of September 29)

• Montana
• Hawaii: The Hawaii Department of Health reported 2 additional coronavirus deaths on September 29 in a woman and a man of age above 50 years and 70 years from O‘ahu respectively. Hawaii’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 134.
• Alaska
• New Hampshire
• Wyoming
• Maine

States with case count in the range of 1000 to 4999 (as of September 29)

• Guam
• Vermont
• Virgin Islands

States with case count in the range of 1 to 999 (as of September 29)

• Northern Marianas