New Jersey Governor Murphy paints a rosy Covid picture on 13 February 2022 "Face the Nation"

The national 7 day average Covid death rate was 4.7 on February 13

7 DAY DEATH RATE PER 100,000 4.7

TOTAL DEATHS 915,425 +2,668 New Deaths

The "bad" states are

Mississippi 10.4 Virginia 8.7 West Virginia 8.2 Arizona 7.5 Arkansas 7.1 Colorado 6.9 Ohio 6.7 South Carolina 6.7 Missouri 6.5 Georgia 6.4 Indiana 6.3 Nevada 6.2 Pennsylvania 6.1 Massachusetts 6 Guam 5.9 Michigan 5.9 New Mexico 5.9 Oklahoma 5.9 Louisiana 5.8 New York City* 5.8 Iowa 5.5 Kentucky 5.3 New Jersey 5.1 South Dakota 4.9 Tennessee 4.9 Texas 4.9 Wisconsin 4.8

CDC | Data as of: February 13, 2022 12:38 PM ET. Posted: February 13, 2022 2:23 PM ET

link
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsper100klast7days

One recalls the NATIONAL Covid death rate was 1.7 on 30 November 2021, and the worst state was Montana at 6.6.


At nj.health/gov on 13 Feb. 2022

Governor Murphy was on "Face the Nation," conveying a rosy image of Covid under control in New Jersey. Murphy made no reference to the Covid death rate in New Jersey in the "Face the Nation" piece.

And on page 1 of the Star-Ledger on 13 Feb 2022