Today is yet another Friday in the pandemic. And so I wanted to just upload a few of the graphics I have been making for family, friends, and coworkers and posting on the Instagram and the Facebook. I did this two weeks ago as well, and if you compare those maps to these, you will see quite a stark difference. But on to today’s maps.
As a brief reminder, I am specifically looking at Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware—the tri-state region for my non-Philly followers—as well as Virginia and Illinois by the request of friends and former colleagues who live in those states. And then at the end I’ve been putting the tri-state region together to provide a fuller regional context.
Lastly, for today only, the Bureau of Labour Statistics published its jobs report about the number of job losses in March across the US. And…it wasn’t pretty.
![Conditions in Pennsylvania](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/paSpread_2apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
![Conditions in New Jersey](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/njSpread_2apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
![Conditions in Delaware](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deSpread_2apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
![Conditions in Virginia](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/vaSpread_2apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
![Conditions in Illinois](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ilSpread_2apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
![Conditions in the tri-state region](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/triStateSpread_1apr-v1.0_mapSpread.png)
Plus, the added bonus of the Bureau of Labour Statistics’ monthly jobs report. And spoiler, things aren’t so great out there.
![Conditions in the national job market. Not great!](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jobLosses_2apr-v2_mapSpread.png)
Credit for the work is mine.