COVID-19 Final Count: States With the Most Deaths Per Capita

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39. Minnesota
> Death rate: 261 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 14,747 – 25th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 31,821 – 24th lowest
> Total cases: 1,794,570 – 20th highest
> Population, 2021: 5,707,390 – 22nd highest

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39. Nebraska
> Death rate: 261 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 5,065 – 12th lowest
> Cases per 100,000: 29,713 – 18th lowest
> Total cases: 574,777 – 13th lowest
> Population, 2021: 1,963,692 – 14th lowest

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37. Maryland
> Death rate: 276 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 16,727 – 22nd highest
> Cases per 100,000: 22,797 – the lowest
> Total cases: 1,378,226 – 25th lowest
> Population, 2021: 6,165,129 – 19th highest

37. North Carolina
> Death rate: 276 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 28,986 – 13th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 33,363 – 18th highest
> Total cases: 3,499,147 – 7th highest
> Population, 2021: 10,551,162 – 9th highest

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36. Virginia
> Death rate: 278 per 100,000
> Total deaths: 23,743 – 16th highest
> Cases per 100,000: 27,060 – 7th lowest
> Total cases: 2,309,667 – 14th highest
> Population, 2021: 8,642,274 – 12th highest

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