But don't be fooled.
Deaths per day measured on a monthly basis continues to rise after bottoming in June:
Mar 138
Apr 1,961
May 1,330
Jun 769
Jul 851
Aug 955
Sep 987 (5 days).
Total deaths added between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend from all states came to 91,350. That's equal to more than 94% of the deaths added until May 23.
Hard hit states NY and NJ from the beginning of the pandemic continue to feature prominently in the list of states adding the most deaths over the summer, if not in the headlines. While everyone was crowing about how bad Arizona was, New Jersey and New York were still in the top 10 contributing deaths, along with Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Georgia made headlines for political reasons (Republican governor) while California did not.
TX 12,138
CA 9,940
FL 9,578
NJ 4,904
AZ 4,408
GA 4,048
NY 3,679
IL 3,588
MA 2,812
PA 2,716
SC 2,452
LA 2,352
OH 2,300
NC 2,150.
We remain on track to post nearly 300k dead by the end of the year.
