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 cumul. per capita #COVID19 cases:
1. Crowley County, CO
2. Dewey County, SD
3. Bent County, CO
4. Lincoln County, AR
5. Lake County, TN
6. Norton County, KS
7. Bon Homme County, SD
8. Chattahoochee County, GA
9. Buffalo County, SD
10. Trousdale County, TN
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29% of Crowley County, Colorado has tested positive for #COVID19 to date. Yes, they have a large prison population. Prisoners are still people, as are guards/admin.
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Counties w/highest cumul. per capita #COVID19 *mortality* rates:
1. Jerauld County, SD
2. Gove County, KS
3. Dickey County, ND
4. Gregory County, SD
5. Grant County, NE
6. Iron County, WI
7. Hamlin County, SD
8. Buffalo County, SD
9. Hancock County, GA
10. Galax, VA
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1 out of every 125 residents of Jerauld County, South Dakota has died of #COVID19 (16 out of 2,013 residents).
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Here's how nonpartisan the spread of #COVID19 has become:

--Of the 100 counties w/the highest case rate, Trump won 82.
--Of the 100 counties w/the highest death rate, Trump won 83.

--Of all 3,142 counties/county equivalents in the 50 U.S. states & DC, Trump won 82.3%.
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Here's an even more stunning visual example of how #COVID19 has gone from being a "Blue County" problem to an "Everywhere" problem. This is the *ratio* of per capita cases/deaths between Biden & Trump counties over time:
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One more thing:

--There's now only 69 counties (out of over 3,100 nationally) which haven't reported any #COVID19 deaths yet. Total population: 282,000.

--There's now only 3 counties which haven't reported any #COVID19 *cases* yet. Total population: 3,070.
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