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Coping with Covid: Missouri’s maximum COVID-19 death rate shows 1.67 percent, Kansas just over 1 percent

A published CDC report indicates that COVID-19 was the only cause of death listed in 6 percent of deaths involving the virus through at least Aug. 22, and that only eight states account for over 50 percent of U.S. deaths, Missouri and Kansas showing comparatively low death rates.

A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that, despite some concern in COVID-19 death rates across particular areas of the U.S., the average reported COVID-19 death rate in the U.S. is now 2.92 percent, lower than the entire world’s reported death rate of 3.07 percent.

Within Missouri, the state has reported 118,560 COVID-19  cases, most showing to be from the eastern part of the state.

As for Missouri’s maximum COVID-19 case death rate, data shows that the state sits at just 1.67 percent (1,977 deaths).

In Kansas, there have been 55,298 reported COVID-19 cases and 620 potentially related deaths, the state showing a maximum possible death rate of just over 1 percent.

Data updated on Sept. 23 shows that eight states have contributed to 58.6 percent of all deaths counted as being related to COVID-19 in the U.S., shown below:

 

COVID-19 Reported Death Rate (per reported in state cases)/ Percentage of Deaths Per Confirmed COVID-19 Cases

New York          32,690 – 7.2%  

New Jersey       16,082 – 7.9%   

California           15,209 – 1.9%    

Texas                  15,322 – 2.0%   

Florida                13,782 – 2.0%   

Mass.                    9,328 – 7.3%  

Illinois                   8,741 – 3.1%            

Penn.                    8,135 – 5.2%