Tracking active COVID cases per state on Jan. 17, 2021

Here’s how active virus cases compare by state in the US

Nursing home residents make a line for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 in Harlem neighborhood of New York. Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments triggered anger and confusion Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in some states where officials worried that expected shipments would not be forthcoming. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) (Yuki Iwamura)

A cumulative total of 23.9 million COVID cases have been reported in the United States as of Jan. 17, but only a portion of those cases are currently active.

As of Jan. 17, there are 13,988,208 active coronavirus cases in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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Each week, we’ll provide an update on the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state and how they compare.

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Below is the number of active COVID-19 cases in each state in the U.S. on Jan. 17, 2021.

To see specific case counts for a state, hover your mouse over the state’s bar in the graph.

To see the total number of COVID-19 cases per state on Jan. 17, click here.

Compare the data above to last week’s report here.

As of Jan. 17, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States is 23,923,062 -- the highest in the world.

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COVID-19 cases and deaths have been broken down by county in each individual state by Johns Hopkins University and can be viewed here.