Connecticut is mourning the state’s 5,000th coronavirus-related death. Though 15 other states have had more deaths from COVID-19, the Nutmeg State is third in terms of death rates.
Connecticut has had 138 deaths per 100,000 residents, behind Massachusetts, with a death rate of 154 per 100,000, and New Jersey, with a death rate of 190 per 100,000, according to data from the CDC.
New York City, if considered its own entity, has both the highest total number of COVD-related deaths (24,268) and the highest death rate per capita (288).
The vast majority of coronavirus deaths in Connecticut happened between March and June. There were, for example, 114 deaths from coronavirus in the state on April 21, according to state data, the worst single day for COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.