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- 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.
- In terms of deaths/confirmed cases Missouri lead until the end of July when Mississippi took the lead.
- When one normalizes cases by the population of each state, then the confirmed cases and deaths are more evenly spread.
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