More than 650,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 as of Wednesday, another jarring milestone in a pandemic that’s claimed more than 1,000 U. S. lives per day on average — but some states have sustained especially large death tolls:Just seven states have total death rates below 100 per 100,000 residents, led by Hawaii (43) and Vermont (43), both of which imposed tight public health restrictions in early 2020 and currently have some of the nation’s highest Covid-19 vaccination rates. Other states with low overall death tolls include Alaska (59), Maine (70), Oregon (77), Utah (82) and Washington (87). The United States is still logging more than 1,400 new deaths per day on average, according to Johns Hopkins. Texas has the nation’s highest rate of new deaths (5.9 deaths per 100,000 in the last seven days), followed by Mississippi (5.4) and Arkansas (5.2), per the CDC. Meanwhile, 11 states reported less than one death per 100,000 in the last week: California (0.4), Rhode Island (0.4), North Dakota (0.5), Michigan (0.6), South Dakota (0.6), Maine (0.7), Minnesota (0.7), New Hampshire (0.7), Indiana (0.8), Massachusetts (0.8) and Missouri (0.8). The United States reported its first Covid-19 fatality more than 18 months ago: a man in his 50s from Washington state. Since then, the country has lost more lives to the disease than any other place on Earth, accounting for about 14% of the pandemic’s worldwide toll. The first wave of U. S. deaths came in spring 2020, a surge felt most acutely in northeastern states like New York and New Jersey, and fatalities ticked up again last summer and winter. Most recently, Covid-19 cases and deaths began spiking in July as the virus’ more contagious delta variant became dominant: Cases rose in all 50 states this summer, but some of the hardest-hit places have lower than average rates of Covid-19 vaccination. Seniors account for more than 78% of the United States’ total Covid-19 deaths, according to CDC figures. Possibly as a result, some 92.4% of U. S. seniors have taken at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, almost 20 points above the overall vaccination rate for eligible Americans. Many experts believe coronavirus deaths are significantly undercounted because not all cases are properly identified.
All data is taken from the source: http://forbes.com
Article Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/09/08/us-just-surpassed-650000-covid-deaths-these-8-states-have-the-highest-fatality-rates/
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