Video. What States Have Had the Highest Rate of Excess Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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The animation shows the number of excess deaths (per 100 000 people) that occurred in the US between March and July 2020. Excess deaths are deaths that surpass what is expected based on historical norms. The states with the highest rates of excess deaths have changed from week to week but were generally concentrated in the northeast in the spring and across the sunbelt in the summer. Calculations are based on death counts obtained on September 9, 2020.