Hannah Bleau 31 Mar 2020
The United States, as a whole, is roughly two weeks away from reaching the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, but the peaks for individual states will vary, with most occurring over the next four weeks, according to projections from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
When it comes to the arrival of the coronavirus, not all states are facing the same timeline. Some states, like New York and Louisiana, have quickly become epicenters of the virus in the United States and, as a result, will reach a resource peak weeks sooner than states like Kentucky and Missouri, which are not expected to reach their highest demand until the second week of May. The various projections, based on peak hospital resource demand caused by the virus, could explain why some governors are taking more aggressive, imminent actions in their response to the pandemic.
Here are the projected peaks for all 50 states, plus D.C., per the IHME model. The model takes into consideration the number of beds needed, as well as ventilators.
New York, for example, is expected to hit its resource peak April 9. The current model, at the time of this publication, estimates a bed shortage of 60,610 and 9,055 ventilators needed. A state like Kentucky, however, is not expected to reach its peak until May 12. It shows the state having a surplus of beds and 288 ventilators needed.
Here is the resource peak for each state. Resource details can be found here:
Vermont: April 9
New York: April 9
New Jersey: April 9
Michigan: April 10
Connecticut: April 10
Louisiana: April 10
Idaho: April 12
Massachusetts: April 14
Iowa: April 15
Pennsylvania: April 15
Illinois: April 16
Oklahoma: April 17
Indiana: April 17
Colorado: April 17
Washington, DC: April 18
Rhode Island: April 19
Ohio: April 19
Delaware: April 20
Alabama: April 20
Arkansas: April 20
Nevada: April 20
Minnesota: April 21
Georgia: April 22
Mississippi: April 22
North Carolina: April 22
Arizona: April 24
South Carolina: April 24
Washington: April 24
Maine: April 25
Tennessee: April 26
California: April 26
Wisconsin: April 26
Utah: April 27
Kansas: April 28
New Hampshire: April 30
New Mexico: April 30
Alaska: April 30
Hawaii: April 30
Nebraska: April 30
Montana: April 30
West Virginia: May 1
North Dakota: May 1
South Dakota: May 1
Wyoming: May 1
Texas: May 2
Oregon: May 3
Florida: May 3
Missouri: May 11
Kentucky: May 12
Maryland: May 14
Virginia: May 17
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/31/model-projects-when-the-coronavirus-will-peak-in-each-state/
