Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, we’ve seen the hotspots for the virus change from week to week. There isn’t a national standard that is being followed to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Instead, we have some states that followed the CDC guidelines to the letter, and others that seem to forge their own path. The number of new cases of Coronavirus begins to drop down, states began to open back up, and then the virus surged again. Some say this resurgence is related to the mass protests over the murder of George Floyd. We’ve all seen COVID-19 deaths climbing, but which states have the most fatalities?
As of August 13, there have been 167,000 COVID-19 deaths. When we look at the rate of deaths compared to population size, there are five states that have a much higher mortality rate than anywhere else in the country. Thanks to BestLife’s coverage, we can take a look at how many deaths these states have suffered.
5 – Rhode Island: A Small State with Big Death Numbers
Since the outbreak began, Rhode Island has had around 20,100 cases of the novel Coronavirus, according to the New York Times. 1,108 people have lost their lives because of COVID-19. At the same time, Rhode Island has been praised for its effective handling of the early outbreak of the Coronavirus. Part of that response has been resisting the urge to reopen for fear of too much “summer partying.”
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The population of Rhode Island 2019 was 1,059,000 people. With just over 1,100 deaths, that means 0.001% of Rhode Island’s residents have died because of Coronavirus. That puts Rhode Island at #5 on our top five list of states with the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths.
4 – Connecticut: The Constitution State Has a Weak Constitution When It Comes to COVID-19
Next, we have Connecticut. The state’s population in 2019 was 3,565,000. Connecticut currently has about 51,000 cases of the Coronavirus, and 4450 people have died as a result of the virus. That works out to 0.0012% of its inhabitants, but the state is doing so well now that Dr. Anthony Fauci says Connecticut is “in a good place” with COVID-19.
Still, we are left wondering why it took so many deaths in the state before its health officials managed to turn things around. Connecticut sits at #4 in the overall death count due to Coronavirus.
3 – Massachusetts Experiences the Ups and Downs of COVID-19
Just north of Connecticut, at #3, we’re looking at Massachusetts. According to the New York Times, the state has had 122,000 cases of the novel Coronavirus, with almost 8,800 deaths from the virus. Here is the state that had a horrible outbreak of the virus, seems to be getting control of it, but now is seeing the numbers worsen once again.
Massachusetts had a population of 6,893,000 people in 2019, so we’re looking at 0.0013% of the population being killed off by this pandemic. The outbreak is worsening again, so the number of COVID-19 deaths could go even higher.
2 – New York May Have the Big Apple, but It Ain’t Keeping the Doctors Away
Now we come to New York state. This was the first and hottest of the hotspots in the United States, the home of the fiasco of the USNS Comfort docking and then doing almost nothing to help the residents of New York State.
With a population of 19,450,000 people in 2019, New York has seen 427,000 cases of the virus and 32,400 COVID-19 deaths. In total, 0.0017% of the population of New York has died as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The good news is that New York has finally managed to flatten the curve of the spread of the Coronavirus.
1 – The Garden State, New Jersey, With the Highest Rate of COVID-19 Deaths in the US
Lastly, we have the state of New Jersey. The Garden State was among the very first states to see the Coronavirus break out and began to spread. Since then, New Jersey has been very successful at managing the spread of the Coronavirus. Unfortunately, they didn’t get control of it before almost 15,900 people died from the Coronavirus.
So, New Jersey had a population of 8,882,000 people at the end of 2019. Thus far, the state has seen almost 189,000 cases of the virus. Losing almost 16,000 residents choose a virus means. 0018% of New Jersey population has been killed off by the COVID-19 pandemic. That gives New Jersey the dubious honor of being #1 in our top five list of states with the worst death rates due to Coronavirus.
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