A common concern is the rate at which the virus is growing. This is known as Rt - the average number of people who become infected by an infectious person. If the Rt > 1, the virus will spread quickly and if Rr < 1, the virus will stop spreading. This model was created by Kevin Systrom and Thomas Vladeck and the case count data is collected from The COVID Tracking Project. This website is provides visualizations of the trends emerging from each state to give us an idea of the

We found this to be a very useful and interesting site dedicated to collecting and publishing data to understand the emerging trends of the COVID19 pandemic in the United States. This is a volunteer organization that was created by The Atlantic that is dedicated to collect daily data on COVID19 testing and patient outcomes from every state, territory, and the District of Columbia. Click here to read more: https://covidtracking.com