The highest COVID-19 death rates were seen in Arizona and Washington, D.C., according to a new report that looked at the rate of deaths throughout the U.S. between January 2020 and July 2022.
A empty bed where a patient with COVID-19 died earlier in the day waits to be filled with a new patient in the ICU at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 18, 2022.varied dramatically across the United States, a major new analysis finds., published Thursday in medical journal The Lancet, looked at the rate of deaths throughout the country between January 2020 and July 2022.
A funeral home worker transports the body of a woman, 54, who died of COVID-19 in her home, Sept. 13, 2021, in Houston, Texas.The authors of the study noted that Arizona's high death rate from COVID-19 deaths may be due to "inequality, some poverty...ultimately [low] vaccination rates and behaviors didn't line up to have good outcomes."
Lower rates of infection and death from COVID-19 were seen in states with higher education levels, lower poverty levels and higher rates of self-reported trust in the federal government and in the scientific community. "The COVID-19 pandemic clearly exacerbated fundamental social and economic inequities, but science-based interventions and policy changes provided clear impact on mortality rates at the state level," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor.
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