NY STATE | County Deaths from COVID (2)

April 3, 2020—In one week, the death rate from COVID-19 per 100,000 population tripled in New York City. It was between 5.5 and 5.8 deaths per 100,000 population in the Bronx, Staten Island (Richmond County) and Queens, and was 3.2 to 3.5 in Brooklyn and Manhattan. See prior post, one week ago.

Rockland again had the highest death rate outside of New York City, rising from 1.6 to 13.5, a huge increase of nearly tenfold. Nassau, which had been behind Suffolk last week, rose from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 to 10.3, an increase of nearly 15-fold. Suffolk's death rate rose five-fold. Westchester's death rate rose from 0.1 per 100,000 to 7.1, a 71-fold increase...

Sources: New York Times Interactive for population data except NYS and NYC, Cases per 100,000 pop. and Deaths. NY State Population from World Population Review as of 2020-02-17, retrieved 2020-04-03.  NY City population as of 2019, Census estimate. Death rates computed by JTM.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found the same pattern emerging in the United States as has prevailed in other countries in Asia and Europe, namely the hardest hit are the older age groups.

Especially vulnerable are those 85 and older, for whom the death rate is more than 10 percent of the number of confirmed cases.

This is why so many cases and deaths are being found in nursing homes.