[russellw]

The USA continues to cop a hammering. They have had a week of more than 60k cases per day, have more than 3.5M cases in total of which 1.6M are currently active and the mortality rate (MR) is around 66/100k adults.

Some States are doing it worse than others. New York continues to head the number of cases and deaths with almost 12% of all US cases and 23% of the total deaths despite only having 5.87% of the US population. They also have one of the highest CMRs at 7.55% as well as 167 deaths per 100k.

California moved up a spot into 2nd place but they only have 9.8% of cases and 5.3% of the deaths despite being 12% of the population and the CMR is only 2% while the MR is 18.5/100k.

Florida (home of the aged) jumped up 5 places to be 3rd worst. They have 8.4% of cases, 3.2% of deaths and 6.6% of the population and the CMR is a surprisingly low 1.5% while the MR is 20.6/100k.

Texas also jumped up two spots into 4th with 8.3% of cases, 2.6% of deaths and 8.9% of the population. CMR is 1.22% and MR 12.3/100k.

New Jersey improved three positions into 5th with 5% of cases; 11.2% of deaths but only 2.9% of the population. CMR is the second worst in the country at 8.62% and the 175.74/100k MR is the worst.

Illinois also dropped a couple of places into 6th. They have 4.4% of cases, 5.2% of deaths and 3.8% of the population. CMR is 4.6% and MR 57.2/100k.

Arizona is the biggest mover, up 11 places into 7th with 3.6% of cases, 1.7% of deaths and 2.2% of the population. CMR is 1.85% and MR 33/100k.

Georgia also moves up 3 spots to 8th with with 3.5% of cases, 2.2% of deaths and 3.2% of the population. CMR is 2.4% and MR 29/100k.

Massachusetts improves 4 places down to 9th with 3.1% of cases, 6.0% of deaths and 2.1% of the population. CMR is third worst at 7.45% and MR 119/100k.

Pennsylvania also improves two spots in 10th with 2.8% of cases, 5.0% of deaths and 3.9% of the population. CMR is 6.86% and MR 55/100k.

Outside the worst 10, a couple of others are noteworthy:

Connecticut with 1.3% of cases, 3.1% of deaths and 1.0% of the population. CMR is worst in the country at 9.19% and the MR of 123/100k, the second worst.

Montana with 0.06% of cases, 0.02% of deaths and 0.33% of the population. CMR is 1.62% but the MR of 3.1/100k is the lowest of the mainland states (Hawaii and Alaska are lower).