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I realize accountability for a disastrous junk science Covid response no more applies to DeSantis than it did for Trump, among those most victimized by the virus, but you can be certain that the Dems would hang the following around his neck.

Florida had nation’s worst COVID-19 death rate during summer surge

Florida suffered the most deaths overall and per-capita.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/463187-florida-had-nations-worst-covid-19-death-rate-during-summer-surge/

The delta variant-driven summer surge of 2021 was deadlier in Florida than in any other state.

The latest federal COVID-19 reports covering the period since June 20 — which roughly coincided with the time the summer surge began — shows that more people have since been reported to have died of the disease in Florida than in any other state.

Florida’s per-capita rate of reported COVID-19 deaths also has been higher than any other state in the period, which covers though Wednesday

Since June 20, 18,040 Floridians were reported to have died of COVID-19, according to the data.

In the same period, the second highest death toll was found in Texas, 14,032. California had the nation’s third highest COVID-19 death toll during that period, with 6,338 reported deaths; followed by Georgia, 5,307; and North Carolina, 3,472.

Since June 20, 84 out of every 100,000 Floridians were reported to have died of COVID-19, according to the CDC data. That rate, adjusting for Florida’s large population, is the worst in the nation.

The second highest per-capita rate was in Mississippi, where 81 deaths were reported per 100,000 people since June 20. The next highest per-capita death rates were Louisiana, 73; Alabama, 67; and Arkansas, 63.

On a per-capita basis, nearly all the worst counties in America were rural, low-population counties where a few tragic deaths disproportionately drove up mortality rates.

Among America’s 604 counties and parishes with at least 100,000 residents, the six counties with the worst death rates all were in Florida.