news.ycombinator.com• Mar 28, 2020• 1 min read
Ask HN: SARS-CoV-2 cases by US metro areaAnyone else taken a deep look at the numbers across all major US metro areas?The Hopkins map:https://tinyurl.com/sarscov2mapTake a look at:Louisville - KY; Savannah, Atlanta - GA; Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, Gainseville, Tallahassee - FL; Montgomery, Birmingham - AL; Jackson - MS; Charleston- SC; Charlotte - NC; Richmond - VA; Wash DC & Baltimore; Dover - DE.Virginia has 600 cases, 83 hospitalizations and 14 deaths with 8.5m people. Look at Virginia Beach and Norfolk.Houston, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Dallas - TX; Las Vegas, Reno - NV; Tucson, Phoenix - AZ; Boise - ID; Oklahoma City - OK.This list goes on. Take the area cases and deaths, look up their metro area populations, compare.The Houston metro has more people than Belgium, with only a few hundred cases and a few deaths (Belgium has 289 deaths).The Atlanta metro area has 6m people (more than Denmark). It might have 600 cases and ~14 deaths.The Phoenix metro area has 5m people. It has a few hundred cases and only a few death