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States with the highest COVID-19 death rates in the years 2020 and 2021 include Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, and California, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Minnesota’s COVID-19 death rate in 2020 was 71.9 per 100,000 people with a total of 5,215 deaths from the disease. In 2021, the death rate was 64.1 per 100,000 people, totaling 4,442 deaths. The CDC ranked the state’s death rates as being in the fourth lowest category out of five total categories for both years.
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Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 Mortality by State
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