A USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data through late Thursday shows one state set records for new cases in a week while one state had a record number of deaths in a week. New case records were set in Hawaii. Record numbers of deaths were reported in Tennessee, and also Puerto Rico. The United States has reported 4,883,582 cases and 160,104 deaths.
In Hawaii, new coronavirus cases per week leaped to 925, 4.17 times the worst week seen in the spring, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data released Thursday shows. Hawaii has reported 2,914 cases and 29 deaths.
Coronavirus deaths in Puerto Rico spiked to a new record Thursday, climbing to 44 in the latest week, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data shows. That toll is 63.0 percent greater than the deadliest week of the spring. Puerto Rico has reported 19,934 cases and 258 deaths.
Coronavirus deaths in Tennessee spiked to a new record Thursday, climbing to 153 in the latest week, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins data shows. That toll is 2.64 times the deadliest week of the spring. Tennessee has reported 116,350 cases and 1,186 deaths.