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This is How Many People Have Died From COVID-19 in New York
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Since the first death attributable to COVID-19 was reported in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, an estimated 657,114 Americans have died — and as the delta variant spreads, that number continues to grow.
Adjusting for population, there have been a total of 201 COVID-19-related deaths for every 100,000 Americans nationwide. In New York, deaths attributable to the coronavirus per capita are even more common than they are nationwide. Across the state, 54,574 people have died from the coronavirus, equal to about 279 deaths for every 100,000 people. Of all states — and Washington D.C. — New York has the fourth highest death rate per capita.
Any number of factors contribute to variations in COVID-19 fatalities per capita across the United States. One of them is the per capita infection rate. Although the number of deaths attributable to the virus per capita is higher in New York than it is nationwide, COVID-19 infections per capita are not.
To date, there have been 2,340,488 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York, equal to 11,977 infections per 100,000 people — compared to 12,552 infections per 100,000 people nationwide.
Though it is not always the case, states with higher than average COVID-19 deaths per capita are often also home to larger high-risk populations. One such group is retirement-age Americans, who are at least 90 times more likely to die from the virus if infected than those in the 18 to 29 age group. In New York, 16.9% of the population are 65 and older. Nationwide, 16.5% of the population fall into that age group.
All COVID-19 data used in the story is current as of Sept. 15, 2021.
Rank | State | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths | Infections per 100,000 people | Total infections | 65 and older pop. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New Jersey | 304 | 27,079 | 12,562 | 1,119,051 | 16.6% |
2 | Mississippi | 303 | 9,061 | 15,608 | 466,145 | 16.4% |
3 | Louisiana | 282 | 13,120 | 15,391 | 717,224 | 16.0% |
4 | New York | 279 | 54,574 | 11,977 | 2,340,488 | 16.9% |
5 | Arizona | 268 | 19,187 | 14,653 | 1,050,878 | 18.0% |
6 | Massachusetts | 266 | 18,369 | 11,331 | 782,107 | 17.0% |
7 | Rhode Island | 265 | 2,802 | 15,777 | 166,811 | 17.7% |
8 | Alabama | 260 | 12,718 | 15,431 | 754,242 | 17.4% |
9 | Arkansas | 242 | 7,298 | 15,782 | 475,647 | 17.4% |
10 | South Dakota | 237 | 2,088 | 15,563 | 137,300 | 17.4% |
11 | Connecticut | 236 | 8,424 | 10,644 | 380,281 | 17.6% |
12 | Florida | 231 | 49,254 | 16,214 | 3,453,390 | 20.9% |
13 | Georgia | 227 | 23,900 | 14,261 | 1,500,176 | 14.3% |
14 | Pennsylvania | 223 | 28,568 | 10,547 | 1,350,719 | 18.7% |
15 | South Carolina | 223 | 11,332 | 15,706 | 798,488 | 18.2% |
16 | Indiana | 222 | 14,848 | 13,599 | 910,013 | 16.1% |
17 | Nevada | 222 | 6,728 | 13,342 | 404,851 | 16.2% |
18 | New Mexico | 220 | 4,619 | 11,533 | 241,663 | 18.0% |
19 | Michigan | 219 | 21,854 | 10,956 | 1,095,200 | 17.7% |
20 | Oklahoma | 214 | 8,450 | 14,854 | 585,721 | 16.1% |
21 | Illinois | 212 | 26,969 | 12,350 | 1,573,538 | 16.1% |
22 | North Dakota | 207 | 1,576 | 16,196 | 123,104 | 15.8% |
23 | Tennessee | 207 | 14,010 | 17,060 | 1,154,966 | 16.7% |
24 | Texas | 205 | 58,901 | 13,292 | 3,815,158 | 12.9% |
25 | Iowa | 201 | 6,337 | 13,472 | 425,194 | 17.5% |
26 | Kansas | 198 | 5,773 | 13,396 | 390,031 | 16.4% |
27 | Delaware | 196 | 1,900 | 12,981 | 125,549 | 19.5% |
28 | Ohio | 181 | 21,154 | 11,157 | 1,304,193 | 17.5% |
29 | Kentucky | 181 | 8,071 | 14,106 | 630,299 | 16.9% |
30 | Missouri | 180 | 11,010 | 12,880 | 789,089 | 17.2% |
31 | West Virginia | 179 | 3,238 | 11,723 | 211,706 | 20.5% |
32 | Montana | 173 | 1,842 | 12,702 | 134,935 | 19.5% |
33 | Washington D.C. | 170 | 1,165 | 8,440 | 57,771 | 12.4% |
34 | Maryland | 169 | 10,205 | 8,485 | 512,740 | 15.9% |
35 | California | 169 | 66,716 | 11,514 | 4,554,525 | 14.8% |
36 | Wyoming | 152 | 879 | 14,163 | 81,825 | 17.1% |
37 | Wisconsin | 148 | 8,632 | 13,037 | 757,913 | 17.5% |
38 | North Carolina | 147 | 15,247 | 12,552 | 1,303,390 | 16.7% |
39 | Minnesota | 143 | 7,996 | 11,926 | 669,176 | 16.3% |
40 | Virginia | 142 | 12,118 | 9,565 | 814,738 | 15.9% |
41 | Idaho | 142 | 2,485 | 13,416 | 235,343 | 16.2% |
42 | Colorado | 128 | 7,302 | 11,243 | 640,380 | 14.7% |
43 | Nebraska | 122 | 2,356 | 13,118 | 253,080 | 16.1% |
44 | New Hampshire | 106 | 1,443 | 8,281 | 112,326 | 18.6% |
45 | Washington | 93 | 6,981 | 8,057 | 607,160 | 15.9% |
46 | Utah | 87 | 2,740 | 15,317 | 484,192 | 11.4% |
47 | Oregon | 82 | 3,446 | 7,195 | 301,504 | 18.2% |
48 | Maine | 72 | 969 | 6,065 | 81,177 | 21.3% |
49 | Alaska | 60 | 445 | 12,525 | 92,363 | 12.4% |
50 | Hawaii | 46 | 655 | 4,934 | 70,083 | 19.0% |
51 | Vermont | 45 | 280 | 4,513 | 28,267 | 20.1% |
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