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Mississippi solidly in number two spot nationally in COVID deaths per million population, gaining quickly on New Jersey

As Mark Twain once said about news reports of his own death having been “premature,” news reports of Mississippi being in the number one spot for COVID deaths per million of population may still be a bit premature. But Mark Twain did eventually die, and, astonishingly, it looks like our lightly populated state will soon outpace far more populous states to claim the shameful title of Number One state in deaths per million.