Louisiana and Arkansas are numbers 1 and 2 in terms of Covid deaths per 100,000 population; Mississippi number 1 in new cases per 100,000

In terms of 7 day new case "rate" per 100,000, the CDC reported on August 25, 2021 [CDC | Data as of: August 25, 2021 12:59 PM ET. Posted: August 25, 2021 3:14 PM ET ]

Mississippi 799 Louisiana 705.2 Florida 704.1 Kentucky 569.6 South Carolina 555.9 Georgia 543.3 Arkansas 516.9 Tennessee 498.4 Wyoming 468.8 Alaska 454.2 Alabama 403.9 Oklahoma 401.8 Texas 393.2 Guam 386.7 North Carolina 385.7 Hawaii 352.1 Oregon 347.8 Indiana 340.4 West Virginia 334

link: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

In terms of the 7 day deaths per 100,000

Virgin Islands 9.6 Louisiana 8.8 Arkansas 7 Mississippi 4.6 Wyoming 4.5 Nevada 4.2 South Carolina 4.1 Missouri 3.9 Kansas 3.6 Texas 3.5 Oklahoma 3.3 Idaho 2.8 Alabama 2.6 Alaska 2.6 North Carolina 2.5 Puerto Rico 2.5 Arizona 2.4 Georgia 2.4 Oregon 2.4 Montana 2.3 Tennessee 1.9 Washington 1.9 Delaware 1.8 Indiana 1.8 Kentucky 1.8 Utah 1.8 West Virginia 1.5 Maine 1.3 New Mexico 1.3 Illinois 1.2

Wisconsin 1.2 New York City* 1 Virginia 1 Connecticut 0.9 Hawaii 0.9 Rhode Island 0.9 Maryland 0.8 New York* 0.8 Pennsylvania 0.8 Florida 0.7 Michigan 0.7 New Hampshire 0.7 New Jersey 0.7 North Dakota 0.7 Ohio 0.7 Colorado 0.6 District of Columbia 0.6 Guam 0.6 Massachusetts 0.6 Minnesota 0.6 Nebraska 0.6 Vermont 0.6 Iowa 0.5 California 0.4 South Dakota 0.2

Data as of: August 25, 2021 12:59 PM ET. Posted: August 25, 2021 3:14 PM ET


Part of the reason for the focus on Florida numbers is graphs such as these [from https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article253697263.html ]

(deaths)

(new cases)