Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️ Weekly Update: Which *counties* have the highest per capita rates of #COVID19 cases & deaths? 1/
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Counties w/highest #COVID19 cases per capita:
1. Crowley County, CO
2. Dewey County, SD
3. Lincoln County, AR
4. Norton County, KS
5. Bent County, CO
6. Bon Homme County, SD
7. Lake County, TN
8. Buffalo County, SD
9. Chattahoochee County, GA
10. Trousdale County, TN
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27.8% of Crowley County, Colorado has tested positive for #COVID19. Yes, there's a prison there. They're still people.

83 of the top 100 counties voted for Trump...which nearly matches the 82% of *all* counties nationally which voted for him. COVID is truly nonpartisan now.
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Counties w/highest #COVID19 *deaths* per capita:
1. Gove County, KS
2. Jerauld County, SD
3. Dickey County, ND
4. Gregory County, SD
5. Iron County, WI
6. Foster County, ND
7. Turner County, SD
8. Hamlin County, SD
9. Hancock County, GA
10. Galax, VA
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Gove County, Kansas has seen 22 of their 2,636 residents die of #COVID19. That's 1 out of every 120 residents.

Again: 82 of the top 100 counties voted for Trump, virtually matching the 82% of *all* counties nationally which voted for him.
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There are now just 78 counties out of over 3,100 total which haven't reported any #COVID19 deaths.

Total population? 333,000 people.

There are now just 3 counties which haven't reported any COVID cases.

Total population? 3,070 people.
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Finally: Just to prove that #COVID19 has become truly nonpartisan: Cumulative cases per capita are now 11.8% higher in Red Counties...while cumulative deaths per capita are now just 4.6% higher in Blue Counties.
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