[russellw]

Speaking of the USA, it's been awhile since I looked at the State based data but it contains some surprises.

The ten worst hit States account for more than half (52.5%) of the total cases and 57% of the total deaths.

Texas overtakes California for the top spot ahead of Florida, New York, Illinois (+1), Georgia (-1), N Carolina (+2), Tennessee (+2), Wisconsin (+13) and New Jersey (-2).

Most of those have CMR's around 1.8-2.1% except New York and New Jersey which are both over 6%. Connecticut and Massachusetts are the only other States over 5%.

The worst hit states yesterday were Illinois (12k), Wisconsin (7k), Michigan (7.5k), Texas (6k) and Ohio (5.5k) but overall the worst hit States are North Dakota (7,133 cases per 100k of population); South Dakota (6,135); Wisconsin (4,570), Alabama (4,149); Iowa (4,805); Mississippi (4,238) and Nebraska (4,220).

In terms of deaths per 100k of population the worst affected have been New Jersey (185); New York (172); Massachusetts (145); Connecticut (131); Louisiana (130); Rhode Island (116) and Mississippi (115).

Just for comparison Australia has had 108 cases and 3.5 deaths per 100k of population.