Thread by @charles_gaba

📣 THREAD: Weekly Update: Which *COUNTIES* have the highest per capita rates of #COVID19 cases & deaths? 1/ acasignups.net/20/10/25/weekl…

Counties w/highest #COVDI19 *cases* per capita:
1. Lincoln County, AR
2. Chattahoochee County, GA
3. Trousdale County, TN
4. Lafayette County, FL
5. Lake County, TN
6. Dakota County, NE
7. Lee County, AR
8. Buena Vista County, IA
9. Buffalo County, SD
10. Nobles County, MN
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--Over 2,300 of Lincoln County, Arkansas' 13,000 residents have tested positive, or nearly 18% of the total population.

--16 of the top 20 counties were won by Trump by 6 pts or more in 2016.
--69 of the top 100 counties were won by Trump by 6 pts or more.
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--New York City's 5 boroughs now rank #534, 669, 783, 1,083 & 1,642 in cases per capita (out of 3,143 counties total)

--Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit) now ranks #1,574.
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Counties w/highest #COVID19 *deaths* per capita:
1. Jerauld County, SD
2. Emporia, VA
3. Hancock County, GA
4. Kenedy County, TX
5. Galax, VA
6. Randolph County, GA
7. E. Feliciana Parish, LA
8. Neshoba County, MS
9. Gove County, KS
10. Terrell County, GA
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#COVID19 *cases* are still 6% higher per capita in blue counties than red counties and *deaths* per capita are still 66% higher in blue counties, but the ratio continues to drop for each.

By Election Day, the case rates will likely be equal in red & blue counties.
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