Tracking total COVID cases per state on March 7, 2021

More than 24% of the world’s 116.6 million confirmed COVID cases are from the United States as of March 7, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Each week, we’ll provide an update on each state’s total number of COVID cases and how they compare to other states.

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Below is the total coronavirus case count for each state in the U.S. on March 7, 2021.

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

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

• Graph: See the number of active virus cases in each state here
• Graph: See how COVID deaths compare in all 50 states here

As of March 7 at 1:25 p.m., the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States is 28,964,443 -- 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.

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