compiled Oct. 15 by Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 8 million Americans had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Oct. 15, and more than 217,000 people had died.North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wisconsin lead the country in new cases per capita over the last seven days, CDC data shows.
Other states, including Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho and Iowa, were also seeing a growth in new cases.Members of the Wisconsin National Guard test residents for COVID-19 at a temporary test facility set up in the parking lot of the UMOS corporate headquarters on Oct.
9, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) On April 12, when the epicenter of the global pandemic was centered in New York City, CDC data shows that the U.S.