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| Covid-19 smoothed confirmed cases per day per million population | Covid-19 smoothed deaths per day per million population |
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Observations:
- Florida reported its first cases 3/3/20 and its first death 3/8/20, the same days as the Kansas and Missouri announced their first confirmed cases. None of the other 6 states had any confirmed cases b y this date.
- As would be expected since Florida has over three times the population of any of the other states, its confirmed cases and. deaths lead the way by a wide margin.
- When one normalizes cases by the population of each state, then the confirmed cases and deaths are more evenly spread.
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