2023-12-27 08:00:00
The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that in six states across the U.S. the number of COVID-related deaths is much higher than in the rest of the country.
The CDC publishes a weekly updated map tracking where COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations are currently rising. The map for the week ending on December 16, which was released on Tuesday, shows that COVID-related deaths have increased by 3.4 percent compared to the previous week, though several states have seen much-larger increases.
The number of COVID-related deaths of all those recorded across the country was 3 percent in the week ending on December 16, according to the CDC.
Map of the U.S. showing the numbers of COVID-related deaths across the country. The states of Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Missouri are the worst affected.
Map of the U.S. showing the numbers of COVID-related deaths across the country. The states of Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Missouri are the worst affected.
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The worst-hit state in the entire country was Kentucky, with a total of 6.2 percent of recorded deaths due to COVID-19 in the week ending on December 16. The rate was unchanged compared to the previous week.
Five other states had a rate of COVID-related deaths higher than the national average, including Maryland (4.8 percent), Minnesota and Missouri (4.7 percent), Iowa (4.4 percent) and Massachusetts (4 percent). In Maryland, the rate had increased 29.7 percent compared to the previous week, in Massachusetts by 17.6 percent, in Iowa by 15.8 percent, in Minnesota by 9.3 percent and in Missouri by 4.4 percent.
In 17 states—Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin—the rate of COVID-related deaths was between 2.0 and 3.9 percent.
In five other states—Alaska, the District of Columbia, Florida, Michigan and Texas—deaths due to COVID-19 were equal to 2 percent or below.
A person walks by tributes to those impacted by COVID-19 on May 8, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The rate of COVID-related deaths across the country was 3 percent of the…
A person walks by tributes to those impacted by COVID-19 on May 8, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The rate of COVID-related deaths across the country was 3 percent of the total recorded in the week ending on December 16, according to the CDC.
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In 23 states—including Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming—the number of COVID-related deaths was between 1 and 9 in total.
Despite the fact that the COVID-19 health emergency was officially declared over by the Biden administration on May 11, 2023, the virus is still circulating among the American population.
A rise in cases at the end of summer has raised concerns among experts, with the CDC urging everyone to take a booster shot ahead of winter and some floating the idea of a possible return of mask mandates.
Though the number of infections has stabilized since then, the CDC is still monitoring the situation, especially as experts expected a worsening of the situation in the winter season as other diseases—like the common cold and flu—start spreading among the population.
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