States That Stayed Home More Had Fewer COVID-19 Cases

QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces released a new report analyzing each state's stay-at-home habits, and how those habits impacted the number of COVID-19 cases in the state. Our team of analysts found that while the number of people staying home increased in every state, the percentage increase varied wildly from state-to-state.

The full report with all 50 states is available here: https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/stay-at-home-orders-and-covid-cases

National key findings:

• The percentage increase of people staying home varied widely by state; some states saw up to an 80% increase, others saw as low as 5%.
• California, Hawaii and Nevada had the largest increases in people staying at home.
• Mississippi, South Dakota and Iowa had the smallest increases in people staying at home.
• States that stayed home more had fewer COVID-19 cases per capita.
• April saw the fewest trips per capita, with sharp increases in May and June.

"You look at the numbers and the number of people staying home in California increased by nearly 80%. In Mississippi, that number is less than 5%," said Nick VinZant, Sr. Research Analyst and Insurance Expert with QuoteWizard.

Our team also found a direct connection between each state's stay-at-home rate and their number of cases per capita. In short, the more a state stayed home, the fewer COVID-19 cases they had. We looked at travel patterns from month-to-month. More people stayed at home in April than in any other month, followed by a big rebound in May and June before leveling off for the rest of the year.

"We see this big increase in travel right after the first found of stay-at-home orders. Travel goes back up. But then we pass 50,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day and 3 million overall and I think that had a very sobering effect on people because right after that travel stays at a consistent rate for the rest of the year," said Nick VinZant, Sr. Research Analyst and Insurance Expert with QuoteWizard.

About QuoteWizard QuoteWizard (quotewizard.com) is an insurance comparison marketplace for consumers looking to save on insurance. QuoteWizard provides consumers with direct access to thousands of qualified agents in all 50 states, as well as major carriers, who offer personalized quotes and the opportunity to save up to 40% on auto, home, health, and life insurance. Agents and carriers, in turn, benefit from millions of highly qualified leads, calls, and traffic to their site. Based in Seattle, QuoteWizard was founded in 2006.