The Vast Majority of America's Cities Qualify as 'Sustained Hotspots,' New Federal COVID-19 Data Shows

The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts.
The data contains a wealth of previously undisclosed information, including counties the federal government considers “hotspots,” forecasts for whether virus cases are likely to increase at a local level and information on cases, deaths and tests by metro area.
“This will give the American people the same community level information that is available to federal personnel,” wrote several federal officials who are responsible for the release...