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Editor’s note: Massachusetts is #3 and Rhode Island is #5 (not #2 and #4 as reported earlier). The CDC separates New York City from New York, putting New York state at #7 on their list by state, but that doesn’t change the fact that New Jersey and New York are the worst-hit states by deaths for 100,000, then Massachusetts. To be more accurate, we are changing the title and updating the article.
While new COVID-19 infections in Massachusetts are way off from their highs at the peak of the crisis, the overall COVID-19 death rate tells a different story.
As of August 9th, Massachusetts had the third-highest and Rhode Island had the fifth-highest COVID-19 death rate per 100,000 listed by state (The CDC separates New York City from New York – but we will keep New York at #1). Massachusetts totaled 126 deaths per 100,000 people and Rhode Island totaled 96 deaths per 100,000 people. Only New Jersey’s 178 per 100,000 was higher than Massachusetts. New York City had a whopping 281 deaths per 100,000 people, mostly due to New York Governor Cuomo in late March ordering nursing homes to accept coronavirus patients from hospitals.
Although the national media has focused on Florida’s recent high infection numbers, Flordia ranked 18th on the CDC’s list with 38 deaths per 100,000 – putting Massachusetts at more than three times the death rate than Florida.
As of August 9th, Massachusetts has tested 1,311,358 residents, reported 112,459 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and reported 8,514 COVID-19 related deaths. The average age of death is 82-years old with 98.2% of the deaths reported having preexisting health conditions. No one under 20 years old has died from COVID-19 in Massachusetts. All of these statistics can be seen on the Massachusetts Department of Public Health website here.
