LOL Gotta laugh at butchered words, but past that it's terrible. In the wealthiest country a state with the highest mortality rate in world, they say
Nov 18, 2020,10:37am EST
1 In Every 1,000 North Dakota Residents Has Been Killed By Covid
That's better wording.
Jemima McEvoy Forbes Staff Business I'm a British-born reporter covering breaking news for Forbes.
Topline
In a crisis exacerbated by a shortage of healthcare workers and a lack of virus-curbing measures from the state’s Republican leadership, North Dakota is battling the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in the world, with 1 in every 1,000 residents now dead from the virus.
Medical staff treat a patient in a COVID-19 intensive care unit. Getty Images
[Sheesh the hidden info on the photo says Texas Houston Hospital Struggles With Coronavirus Surge In Texas]
Key Facts
* North Dakota reached the morbid milestone on Tuesday, reporting 26 new deaths, which brought the state’s total to 769 out of a population of roughly 762,000, according to the 2019’s census estimate.
* A day earlier, analysis published by the Federation of American Scientists showed that last week North Dakota had the highest Covid-19 mortality rate of any other state or country in the world at 18.2 deaths per million.