February 29th
· The first known death in the United States from coronavirus was reported in the state of Washington.
14th March
· New York City records its first virus death.
March 26th
· The United States overtakes China as the country with the best known cases of coronavirus and, for the first time in New York City, more than 100 patients die in one day.
April 7th
· More than 2,000 deaths are reported in a single day in the United States for the first time since the pandemic began.
April 15th
· The United States reports 2,752 deaths in one day, a record that will continue until December. Almost half are in the New York City area.
may 4th
· Florida reopens dining restaurants, making it one of the few states to reopen after spring closings.
May 19
· For the first time since late March, the average number of deaths per day in New York City drops to less than 100.
July 1
· The Phoenix metropolitan area reports a record 3,759 cases in one day. Outbreaks increase in Florida, Texas and other Sun Belt states, many of which reopened earlier than elsewhere in the U.S.
July 16
· The US case curve peaks at more than 75,000 reported cases in one day.
August 16th
· The average number of daily deaths peaks in Texas, where nearly 3,000 have died in the past two weeks. The record will last until December.
September 12th
· The average number of new cases in the US per day reaches a low point last reached in June and has not been seen since.
October 25
· Over 50,000 people tested positive for the virus in Wisconsin in the past two weeks. The outbreak will continue to grow for a few more weeks.
November 14
· The peak of cases occurs in North Dakota, where one in 40 residents has tested positive only in the past two weeks.
December 9th
· The number of deaths reported in one day exceeds 3,000 for the first time.
January 7th
· More than 4,000 deaths are reported in a single day in the United States, a new record.
January 15th
· Nearly 4,000 deaths were reported in California in the past week alone.