This Is How Many People Have Died From COVID-19 in Tennessee

Samuel Stebbins

Feb. 28, 2022

https://247wallst.com/state/this-is-how-many-people-have-died-from-covid-19-in-tennessee-33/

 

Since the first death attributable to COVID-19 was reported in the United States on Feb. 29, 2020, an estimated 928,350 Americans have died — and that number continues to grow every day.

 

Adjusting for population, there have been a total of 284 COVID-19-related deaths for every 100,000 Americans nationwide. In Tennessee, deaths attributable to the coronavirus per capita are even more common than they are nationwide. Across the state, 23,990 people have died from the coronavirus, equal to about 354 deaths for every 100,000 people. Of all states — and Washington D.C. — Tennessee has the fifth highest death rate per capita.

Any number of factors contribute to variations in COVID-19 fatalities per capita across the United States. One of them is the per capita infection rate. Just as the number of deaths attributable to the virus per capita is higher in Tennessee than it is nationwide, COVID-19 infections per capita are too.

To date, there have been 1,995,901 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee, equal to 29,482 infections per 100,000 people — compared to 23,794 infections per 100,000 people nationwide.

Though it is not always the case, states with higher than average COVID-19 deaths per capita are often also home to larger high-risk populations. One such group is retirement-age Americans, who are at least 90 times more likely to die from the virus if infected than those in the 18 to 29 age group. In Tennessee, 16.7% of the population are 65 and older. Nationwide, 16.5% of the population fall into that age group.

All COVID-19 data used in the story is current as of Feb. 23, 2022.

These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rank	State	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths	Infections per 100,000 people	Total infections	65 and older pop.
1	Mississippi	396	11,836	26,302	785,528	16.4%
2	Arizona	385	27,622	27,437	1,967,704	18.0%
3	New Jersey	367	32,711	24,233	2,158,820	16.6%
4	Alabama	367	17,938	26,067	1,274,129	17.4%
5	Tennessee	354	23,990	29,482	1,995,901	16.7%
6	Louisiana	353	16,465	24,870	1,158,918	16.0%

 

45	Oregon	154	6,456	16,368	685,953	18.2%
46	Alaska	150	1,108	30,950	228,237	12.4%
47	Washington	150	11,316	18,719	1,410,596	15.9%
48	Maine	146	1,960	16,446	220,117	21.3%
49	Utah	138	4,359	29,048	918,222	11.4%
50	Hawaii	91	1,292	16,117	228,934	19.0%
51	Vermont	88	554	16,464	103,116	20.1%

 

Note that nationwide there have been a total of 284 Covid-19 related deaths per 100,000 Americans.