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This report outlines a study of data from the daily COVID-19 cases in the 56 states in the federal republic of the United States of America. The studied attributes include the following: date of data collection, state or territory observed, number of positive diagnoses, number of negative diagnoses, number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19, number of individuals who have recovered, number of individuals who have died from COVID-19, total number of COVID-19 test results, day-over-day change in positive diagnosis, day-over-day change in negative diagnoses, day-over-day change in COVID-19 deaths and day-over-day change in number of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19. This study was conducted to observe how each state and territory in the United States of America have been impacted by the coronavirus over the past eight months, and if there exists a relationship between the lockdown measures and the dips and peaks in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in each state and territory of the United States of America. It was observed that the enforced lockdown and order against large gatherings significantly helped to lower the coronavirus cases. Based on the observations and results derived from this study, keeping the number of coronavirus cases low weighs heavily on reduced social gatherings. Until a vaccine is made widely available to prevent individuals from contacting the virus, lifting the enforced lockdown will likely lead to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States of America. Additionally, continuing to enforce the social distancing directive is advisable until a vaccine has been developed and approved, because based on this data and according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (2020), it is not possible to prove that herd immunity is the cause of the reduced number of coronavirus cases.

References U.S. Government Accountablity Office. (2020, July 7). SCIENCE & TECH SPOTLIGHT: Herd Immunity For COVID-19. Retrieved from GAO: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-20-646sp