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Although we may be finely attuned to California's daily coronavirus numbers, it can sometimes be hard to conceptualize how California's infection rate compares to other states.

We know New York is the epicenter of the American COVID-19 outbreak, but how much worse are things in New York than in California?

In short, staggeringly worse: New York has 710 cases per 100,000 residents. California has 41. The death rate is also much higher: 28 per 100,000 in New York compared to 1 per 100,000 in California.

Of course, individuals confirmed to have coronavirus don't encompass the full picture. It's certain that many more people have or had the coronavirus but had mild or moderate symptoms and did not get tested or hospitalized.

It's also interesting to note, however, that California recorded its first positive test in January; almost every other state didn't get its first positive until March.

To give a clearer picture of how California compares to other states fighting the coronavirus right now, we pulled numbers from the 10 states with the most positive coronavirus cases in the nation, according to the Johns Hopkins database. From there, we calculated the approximate cases and deaths per 100,000 residents.

New York



Population: 19.54 million

138,836 cases

710 per 100,000

5,489 deaths

28 per 100,000

First case reported: March 1

New Jersey



Population: 8.9 million

41,090 cases

462 per 100,000

1,003 deaths

11 per 100,000

First case reported: March 4

Michigan



Population: 9.996 million

17,221 cases

172 per 100,000

727 deaths

7 per 100,000

First case reported: March 10

California



Population: 39.56 million

16,429 cases

42 per 100,000

397 deaths

1 per 100,000

First case reported: Jan. 26

Louisiana



Population: 4.66 million

14,867 cases

319 per 100,000

512 deaths

11 per 100,000

First case reported: March 9

Florida



Population: 21.3 million

14,504 cases

68 per 100,000

283 deaths

1 per 100,000

First case reported: March 1

Massachusetts



Population: 6.9 million

13,837 cases

201 per 100,000

260 deaths

4 per 100,000

First case reported: Feb. 1

Pennsylvania



Population: 12.81 million

13,206 cases

103 per 100,000

179 deaths

1 per 100,000

First case reported: March 6

Illinois



Population: 12.74 million

12,264 cases

96 per 100,000

308 deaths

2 per 100,000

First case reported: Jan. 24

Georgia



Population: 10.52 million

8,821 cases

84 per 100,000

294 deaths

3 per 100,000

First case reported: March 2

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