Special Report

How Federal Relief Fails to Match Each State's COVID Outbreak

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21. Massachusetts
> Federal funding: $83,050 per confirmed COVID-19 case (4th lowest)
> Total federal funding: $2.67 billion (15th highest)
> COVID-19 impact: 32,181 cases (3rd highest), 1,245 deaths
> COVID-19 infection rate: 466.9 cases per 100,000 residents (4th highest)
> Total population: 6.89 million (15th largest)

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22. Michigan
> Federal funding: $132,335 per confirmed COVID-19 case (6th lowest)
> Total federal funding: $3.87 billion (10th highest)
> COVID-19 impact: 29,263 cases (4th highest), 2,093 deaths
> COVID-19 infection rate: 293.0 cases per 100,000 residents (7th highest)
> Total population: 9.99 million (10th largest)

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23. Minnesota
> Federal funding: $1.14 million per confirmed COVID-19 case (10th highest)
> Total federal funding: $2.19 billion (22nd highest)
> COVID-19 impact: 1,912 cases (17th lowest), 94 deaths
> COVID-19 infection rate: 33.9 cases per 100,000 residents (the lowest)
> Total population: 5.64 million (22nd largest)

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24. Mississippi
> Federal funding: $344,923 per confirmed COVID-19 case (15th lowest)
> Total federal funding: $1.25 billion (tied — the lowest)
> COVID-19 impact: 3,624 cases (24th lowest), 129 deaths
> COVID-19 infection rate: 121.8 cases per 100,000 residents (18th highest)
> Total population: 2.98 million (17th smallest)

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25. Missouri
> Federal funding: $465,634 per confirmed COVID-19 case (21st lowest)
> Total federal funding: $2.38 billion (18th highest)
> COVID-19 impact: 5,111 cases (21st highest), 152 deaths
> COVID-19 infection rate: 83.3 cases per 100,000 residents (24th lowest)
> Total population: 6.14 million (18th largest)

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