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–53 Ankel. “San Antonio migrant truck driver put powdered chicken bouillon…” 7-5-2022.
–53 CNN. “On a Texas road called “the mouth of the wolf,’ a semitruck packed…” 6-29-2022.
–53 Daily Mail. “Driver of doomed Texas tractor-trailer…pretending to be a migrant…” 6-29-2022.

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June 28, Associated Press/Washington Post: “San Antonio — Desperate families of migrants from Mexico and Central America frantically sought word of their loved ones as authorities began the grim task Tuesday of identifying 51 people who died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer without air conditioning in the sweltering Texas heat. It was the deadliest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico.

“The driver of the truck and two other people were arrested, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas told The Associated Press. He said the truck had passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint northeast of Laredo, Texas, on Interstate 35. He did not know if migrants were inside the truck when it cleared the checkpoint.

“Investigators traced the truck’s registration to a residence in San Antonio and detained two men from Mexico for possession of weapons, according to criminal complaints filed by the U.S. attorney’s office. The complaints did not make any specific allegations related to the deaths.

“The bodies were discovered Monday afternoon [June 27] on the outskirts of San Antonio when a city worker heard a cry for help from the truck parked on a lonely back road and found the gruesome scene inside, police Chief William McManus said. Hours later, body bags lay spread on the ground.

“More than a dozen people — their bodies hot to the touch — were taken to hospitals, including four children. Most of the dead were males, he said.

“The death count was the highest ever from a smuggling attempt in the United States, according to Craig Larrabee, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio….

“Authorities did not know the home countries of all of the migrants, nor how long they were abandoned on the side of the road.

“By Tuesday afternoon, medical examiners had potentially identified 34 of the victims, but they were taking additional steps, such as fingerprints, to confirm the identities, said Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores.

“Among the dead, 27 are believed to be of Mexican origin based on documents they were carrying, according to said Rubén Minutti, Mexico consul general in San Antonio. Several survivors were in critical condition with injuries such as brain damage and internal bleeding, he said.

“At least seven of the dead were from Guatemala and two from Honduras, Roberto Velasco Álvarez, head of the North America department in Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department, said on Twitter. About 30 people had reached out to the Mexican Consulate looking for loved ones, the officials said….

“Attempts to cross the U.S. border from Mexico have claimed thousands of lives in both countries in recent decades. U.S. border authorities are stopping migrants more often on the southern border than at any time in at least two decades. Migrants were stopped nearly 240,000 times in May, up by one-third from a year ago.

“Comparisons to pre-pandemic levels are complicated because migrants expelled under a public health authority known as Title 42 face no legal consequences, encouraging repeat attempts. Authorities say 25% of encounters in May were with people who had been stopped at least once in the previous year.

“South Texas has long been the busiest area for illegal border crossings. U.S. authorities discover trucks with migrants inside “pretty close” to daily, Larrabee said.

“Migrants typically pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken across the border and loaded into a tractor-trailer and driven to San Antonio, where they transfer to smaller vehicles for their final destinations across the United States, he said….

“Authorities think the truck discovered Monday had mechanical problems when it was left next to a railroad track in an area of San Antonio surrounded by auto scrapyards that brush up against a busy freeway, said Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, the top elected official in the county that includes San Antonio….

“Some of the 16 people taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses remained hospitalized Tuesday in critical condition. Those taken to the hospital were hot to the touch and dehydrated, and no water was found in the trailer, said Fire Chief Charles Hood. “They were suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion,” Hood said. “It was a refrigerated tractor-trailer, but there was no visible working AC unit on that rig.”

“Temperatures in San Antonio on Monday approached 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius)….

“U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 557 deaths on the Southwest border in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, more than double the 247 deaths reported in the previous year and the highest since it began keeping track in 1998. Most were related to heat exposure.” (Associated Press. “51 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat.” Washington Post 6-28-2022.)

June 29, CNN: “San Antonio… A distant cry led a worker Monday evening to a tractor-trailer abandoned on a desolate country road under the blazing Texas sun on the outskirts of the city.

“On this barren stretch of scrubland adjacent to railroad tracks, the perilous journey north for dozens of undocumented migrants — many of them Mexican — ended in the back of a scorching tractor-trailer, nearly 150 miles north of the US border with Mexico.

In all, 53 people died in what one Homeland Security Investigations’ agent called the deadliest human smuggling incident in US history. Some victims could be younger than 18….

“Just before 6 p.m. on Monday, a worker in a nearby building heard a cry for help and alerted local authorities to the abandoned truck, according to San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus. The doors to the hulking trailer were partially open when the worker arrived. Inside, he saw the bodies, the chief said. Forty-eight people were dead at the scene and two died later at hospitals, said a federal law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. By Wednesday morning, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office (BCMEO) said it had received a total of 53 bodies. They were migrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and possibly El Salvador.

“One body was found outside the trailer. Inside the truck there were at least 22 Mexicans and two Hondurans, the federal law enforcement official said. Seven Guatemalans were among the dead, and another Guatemalan was in critical condition at a hospital, according to the nation’s foreign minister….

“Temperatures in San Antonio on Monday ranged from the high 90s to the low 100s.

“Sixteen survivors — 12 adults and four children — were rushed to local hospitals. Suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion, the patients were hot to the touch, according to Hood. On Wednesday, 11 people were still in local hospitals.

“The trailer had no air conditioning. There was no sign of water inside. It was unclear how long the victims had been dead. ‘They were still in there, awaiting help, when we arrived … meaning just being too weak — weakened state — to actually get out and help themselves,’ Hood said of the survivors.

“Felipe Betancourt Jr., co-owner of a trucking company in Alamo, Texas, told CNN the semitruck abandoned on Monday used the same federal and state identifying numbers as one of his vehicles. The truck in San Antonio is the same color as his red Volvo semi, but is not owned by his firm.

“Refrigerated semitrucks are insulated and meant to keep the temperatures stable, Betancourt said, but “if it’s carrying something hot inside, it won’t let the heat escape. The temperatures can reach up to 125-130 degrees when the doors are shut.”

“On Monday, the truck went through a checkpoint north of Laredo, Texas, according to US Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat whose sprawling district includes Laredo and San Antonio.

“Homeland security officials are investigating the deaths, along with local police.

“Three people were taken into police custody away from the trailer, Chief McManus said. They are believed to be part of the smuggling conspiracy, according to ICE. Two men, Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez and Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao, were charged federally with “possession of a weapon by an alien illegally in the United States” in connection with the incident, according to criminal complaints filed Monday in US District Court for the Western District of Texas. It is unclear if the two men charged are among the three people detained earlier. Investigators at the scene traced the Texas registration plate on the semitruck and to a residence in San Antonio, the affidavit said. The suspects were arrested during traffic stops after leaving the residence, according to the complaints, and numerous weapons were recovered in a car and truck driven by the suspects….

“The victims were 40 males and 13 females. Some of them could be under 18 years old, according to Tom Peine, a Bexar County spokesman.

“So far, the medical examiner’s office has potentially identified 37 people, BCMEO said in a statement Wednesday. Medical examiners in neighboring counties were assisting due to the number of victims. Some victims had one photo ID while others had multiple IDs or none, complicating the identification process, Peine said….” (CNN. “On a Texas road called “the mouth of the wolf,’ a semitruck packed with migrants was abandoned in the sweltering heat.” 6-29-2022.)

June 29, Daily Mail: “The semi-truck driver who transported up to 100 migrants across the southern border before leaving them to die in the sweltering Texas heat allegedly tried to disguise himself as a victim of the tragedy. Surveillance cameras captured Homero Zamorano, 45, driving the rig across the border hours before he allegedly abandoned it on a road in the outskirts of San Antonio. Police say Zamorano, of Houston, was ‘very high on meth’ at the time of his arrest and tried to pose as ‘an irregular immigrant to avoid being detained.’…. Zamorano was photographed driving the trailer through the immigration checkpoints in Encinal, Texas, about 34 miles from the Mexico border, around 2.50pm Monday.

“Mexican nationals Juan Francisco D’Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez were also taken into custody at a home in San Antonio. They were charged in federal court Tuesday with possessing firearms while residing in the US illegally….

“Investigators suspect the migrants paid the smugglers around $10,000 for safe passage to the US. ….

“The truck was found abandoned near San Antonio, about 160 miles from the border, around 6pm. Investigators suspect the truck had suffered some sort of mechanical problem.

“The driver and suspected human smuggler pretended to be an illegal migrant when authorities confronted him, Francisco Garduño Yáñez, the director of the National Institute of Migration, revealed during a news briefing Wednesday….

“Zamorano [the driver] was arrested Monday in a desolate area near Lackland Air Force Base after having tried to pass himself off as a survivor…. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to charged soon….

“Yáñez also confirmed that Zamorano had been driving a semi with a stolen registration, saying: ‘The plates, logos and license were cloned.’

“Officials had first linked Zamorano’s rig to an Alamo resident. However, investigation proved the Alamo man’s truck had been out hauling grain in another part of Texas at the time of the incident….

“Law enforcement officials believe Zamorano was transporting around 100 migrants in the rig, but the exact number remains unclear.

“Homeland Security Investigations agents confirmed migrants typically pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be taken across the southern border, loaded into the tractor-trailer and driven to San Antonio. Once in San Antonio they are transferred to smaller vehicles to be taken to their final destinations across the US. ….

“The deceased migrants included 39 men and 12 women. County officials told WOAI-TV five of the victims were under the age of 18. Investigators said they were not young children, but possibly teenagers….

“Authorities believe the migrants were loaded into the semi-truck in Laredo, a border city, on Monday afternoon. It appeared the migrants had recently crossed the border and were picked up by the truck to be taken to where they would work, according to a Mexican official. They were driven 150 miles to San Antonio before smugglers abandoned the vehicle after it suffered mechanical problems….

“The victims were found sprinkled with a pungent substance, possibly steak seasoning, officials said. The practice is commonly used by smugglers to mask the scent of human cargo and evade canine detection.

“Police suspect several migrants may have jumped or started falling out of the back of truck before the traffickers abandoned it along the roadway. At least three bodies were found scattered down road, with the furthest one located about 75 yards from the truck, law enforcement sources confirmed to The New York Times. Officials also said it was possible that those found along the road had died inside the truck, but fallen out when its doors opened. Some of the victims staggered out of the trailer before dying and were found several blocks away, police told The Texas Tribune….

“The surviving migrants will likely be released into the U.S. to pursue asylum or other forms of humanitarian relief, the CBP official and two other law enforcement officials told Reuters. Some survivors of human smuggling in the past have been taken into American custody to testify as witnesses….” (Daily Mail.com/Natasha Anderson. “Driver of doomed Texas tractor-trailer, 45, crossing US-Mexico border hours before pretending to be a migrant when cops found him high on meth: Death toll rises to 53.” 6-29-2022.)

July 5, Yahoo! News: “….The San Antonio migrant truck driver put powdered chicken bouillon on the floor to throw off the dogs at security checkpoints, a survivor says told the Associated Press on Tuesday…. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, a 20-year-old woman from Guatemala City, told the AP that she was among a group of people who boarded the 18-wheeler truck on the Texas side of the Mexico border. She told the AP the driver confiscated everyone’s cellphones before they got on, and also covered the floor of the truck with powdered chicken bouillon to throw off any dogs at security checkpoints.

“Cardona Tomás said it was already scorching hot when they boarded the truck and that she and a friend decided to sit closer to the door where it would be cooler. The overcrowding and heat worsened as the truck continued its journey and made additional stops to pick up more migrants, she said. ‘The people were yelling, some cried. Mostly women were calling for it to stop and to open the doors because it was hot, that they couldn’t breathe,’ she told the AP. ‘People asked for water, some had run out, others carried some,’ she said.

“Cardona Tomás said there was no way to keep track of time and she eventually passed out. The 20-year-old made it out alive but is currently being treated at Methodist Hospital Metropolitan in San Antonio. Her friend also survived, she said…..” (Ankel, Sophia. “San Antonio migrant truck driver put powdered chicken bouillon on the floor to throw off dogs at security checkpoints, survivor says.” Yahoo! News, 7-5-2022.)

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Ankel, Sophia. “San Antonio migrant truck driver put powdered chicken bouillon on the floor to throw off dogs at security checkpoints, survivor says.” Yahoo! News, 7-5-2022. Accessed 7-5-2022 at: https://news.yahoo.com/san-antonio-migrant-truck-driver-110127312.html

Associated Press. (Paul J. Weber, Juan Lozano, Elliot Spagat). “51 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat.” Washington Post 6-28-2022.

CNN (Ray Sanchez, Nicole Chavez, Priscilla Alvarez). “On a Texas road called “the mouth of the wolf,’ a semitruck packed with migrants was abandoned in the sweltering heat.” 6-29-2022. Accessed 6-30-2022 at: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/us/san-antonio-migrant-truck-deaths/index.html

Daily Mail.com/Natasha Anderson. “Driver of doomed Texas tractor-trailer, 45, crossing US-Mexico border hours before pretending to be a migrant when cops found him high on meth: Death toll rises to 53.” 6-29-2022. Accessed 6-30-2022 at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10964907/Driver-Texas-migrant-truck-45-high-meth-arrested-field.html

–21 CNN. “‘We’re in trouble.’ 80 minutes of horror at Robb Elementary School.” 5-29-2022.

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May 29, CNN: “Two days before the end of the academic year the students of Robb Elementary School wore their Sunday best for a “Footloose and Fancy” event — a prelude to a long-awaited summer of drive-in movies, lakeside barbecues and trips to amusement parks.

“Tuesday morning, as 10-year-old fourth graders like Xavier Javier Lopez and Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio received honor roll certificates and other awards, a bullied loner named Salvador Ramos was home with his grandmother in Uvalde, a small, tight-knit Texas town nestled roughly midway between San Antonio and the border with Mexico.

“Within hours…[they] would cross paths with the high school dropout who gifted himself two AR-15 style rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition he legally purchased for his 18th birthday one week earlier.

“At 11:33 a.m. Ramos entered the school, unimpeded, through a rear door that a teacher had left propped open. He fired more than 100 rounds in the school and two adjoining classrooms. A Border Patrol tactical team fatally shot him more than an hour after the terror began.

“The massacre claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade. Haunting details emerged almost daily. A father gathered with other distraught parents outside the school. He pleaded with officers for gear so he confront the gunman himself. An 11-year-old survivor played dead after smearing herself with her friend’s blood. The gunman looked one teacher in the eye. “Goodnight,” he said coldly before killing her.

“Grieving parents planned funerals as they seethed over the delayed response. Law enforcement officials for days offered conflicting explanations. A public safety department colonel admitted Friday that waiting in a school hallway while trapped students made 911 calls was the “wrong decision” by the commanding officer at the scene. It’s not clear how many lives the mistake may have cost.

“Uvalde’s nearly 16,000 working-class, mostly Latino residents are now the latest mourners in an eerily familiar American tragedy.

“Ramos, who had no criminal record, had few friends and largely kept to himself. In the weeks leading up to the massacre, he exhibited a dark side in livestreams on the social media app Yubo. Several users who witnessed the recent videos said he told girls he would rape them, showed off a rifle he bought, and threatened to shoot up schools. They didn’t take him seriously until now.

“At about 11 a.m. on Tuesday he called a 15-year-old girl in Germany. He had befriended her earlier this month on the social media app. The young man and the teen from Frankfurt spoke daily on FaceTime. They also communicated on Yubo and played and chatted on the Plato gaming app. He was curious about life in Germany. He confessed to spending a lot of time alone at home. “He looked happy and comfortable talking to me,” said the girl, whose mother gave permission for her to be interviewed.

“Still, some chats alarmed her. He admitted hurling dead cats at houses. And he never mentioned plans to meet friends…. On Monday, Ramos told the girl he had received a package of bullets that expanded upon entering tissue. Why? she asked. “Just wait for it,” he said, ominously.

“The next day, in the call just after 11 on the morning of the shootings, he told the girl he loved her.

“Screen shots of messages Ramos sent soon after the call show he complained that his grandmother had contacted AT&T about “my phone.” “It’s annoying,” he wrote. At 11:06 a.m. came a chilling message: “I just shot my grandma in her head.”

“His final text to his new online friend was at 11:21 a.m. local time — then early evening in Germany: “Ima go shoot up” an elementary school.

“With days left in the school year, the second- through fourth-graders of Robb Elementary collected their awards Tuesday morning….

“Less than a mile away, Ramos — after shooting his 66-year-old grandmother in the face and texting his German friend one last time — drove a pickup to the school campus and crashed the truck in a ditch. It was 11:28 a.m. local time.

“He opened fire on two people outside a funeral home across the street but did not hit them. His grandmother managed to call 911. She was airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio and is expected to survive….

“Within minutes, Ramos made his way from the road to the school parking lot and began firing at classroom windows. Moments before he pulled open the building’s unlocked rear door, a school safety officer in a patrol car drove right by the gunman, who had hunkered down behind a car.

“At 11:33 a.m. Ramos moved down a hallway and into one of two adjoining classrooms — 111 and 112. At no time since crashing the truck did police confront him.

“Minutes later, seven officers arrived at the school. Three officers approached the locked classroom where the gunman had now barricaded himself. Two officers were shot from behind a door and suffered graze wounds.

“A barrage of more than 100 rounds echoed through the halls of Robb Elementary in the slaughter’s first minutes. It was at least the 30th school shooting at a K-12 school this year.

“Miah Cerrillo, 11, was watching the Disney movie with classmates. Alerted to a shooter in the building, teachers Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia moved to protect their young charges. When one teacher tried to lock the classroom door, the gunman shot out a door window. The teacher backpedaled and the gunman followed her. He said “Goodnight,” then shot her. He turned and opened fire on the other teacher and Miah’s classmates….

“Between rounds, the shooter played music…

“At one point Miah [Cerrillo, 11] and a classmate managed to use the phone of their dead teacher to call 911. “Please come,” she told the dispatcher. “We’re in trouble.”

“Around the time students started making 911 calls as many as 19 law enforcement officers had already taken cover in the hallway, at 12:03 p.m. They took no action and waited for classroom keys and tactical equipment.

“At 12:16 p.m. a girl who made several 911 calls told a dispatcher that eight or nine children were alive in her classroom.

“”The on-scene commander at that time believed that it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject,” Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Col. Steven McCraw said on Friday, describing the call not to confront the shooter as “the wrong decision, period.” “There’s no excuse for that,” he added.

“The official who made the decision not to breach the classroom was the school district police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who has not spoken publicly since two very brief press statements on the day of the shootings. He has three decades of law enforcement experience. There was no response to attempts to reach Arredondo at his home on Friday.

“Before the end of the noontime hour on Tuesday, at least 10 911 calls were made from classrooms, including several from the same girl pleading for help. She whispered at one point that multiple bodies surrounded her in Room 112.

“Amerie Jo Garza turned 10 years old weeks before the attack. She got her first cell phone as a gift. Classmates would later tell her stepfather, med aide Angel Garza, that she was killed while trying to call 911.

“During the siege, some responding officers helped evacuate students and teachers in other parts of the school.

“Frustrated parents gathered outside during the rampage. They urged officers holding them back to storm the school to stop the bloodshed. One parent, Victor Luna, pleaded with officers to give him their gear. His son Jayden survived the shooting but he didn’t know that at the time….Video from the scene showed officers physically restraining some parents…..

“Xavier and Lexi, the honor roll students, were among the victims. As were teachers Mireles and Garcia, who had taught together for five years. Two days after Garcia’s death, her husband, Joe, suffered a fatal heart attack. Their relatives said he died of a broken heart.

“Other young victims were José Flores Jr., 10, and Eliana “Ellie” Garcia, who was 9. Nevaeh Alyssa Bravo was 10. Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, 10, was killed along with her 10-year-old cousin and classmate Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez. There was Makenna Lee Elrod, 10; Uziyah Garcia, 10; Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10; Tess Marie Mata, 10; Maranda Mathis, 11; Alithia Ramirez, 10; Maite Rodriguez, 10; Layla Salazar, 11; Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10; Eliahana ‘Elijah’ Cruz Torres, 10; and Rogelio Torres, 10.

“Nearly 20 people were injured in the attack with a rifle that has been used in some of the most notorious and deadly mass killings in recent history.

“The AR-15 style rifle was engineered to maximize its kill rate by raking enemy soldiers with high-velocity rounds. The original designers explained that the speed of the impact causes the bullet to tumble after it penetrates tissue. The result: Catastrophic injuries.

“”We were treating destructive wounds and what that means is that there were large areas of tissue missing from the body,” said Dr. Lillian Liao, pediatric trauma medical director at University Hospital in San Antonio, which treated three children from Uvalde. “They required emergency surgery because there was significant blood loss.”

“It was hard knowing many victims were likely already dead by the time police killed the shooter….

“In all, 80 minutes elapsed between the time officers were first called at 11:30 a.m. to the moment a federal tactical team entered locked classrooms and killed the gunman at 12:50 p.m….

“After waiting about 35 minutes outside the classroom, a US Border Patrol tactical team used a key to open a door. They had been at the school since 12:15 p.m. The teenage gunman kicked open the door of a classroom closet and opened fire, said a source familiar with the situation. One agent held a shield. At least two others behind him engaged the shooter…. The siege was over….” (CNN (Ray Sanchez). “‘We’re in trouble.’ 80 minutes of horror at Robb Elementary School.” 5-29-2022.)

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–10 CNN. “10 people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at…Buffalo…” 5-14-2022.
–10 CNN. “What we know about Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron.” 5-15-2022.

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May 15, CNN: “The 18-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday afternoon was motivated by hate, authorities said. The Tops Friendly Market where the shooting took place is located in the heart of Buffalo’s Black community and 11 of the 13 people shot by the White suspect were Black, officials said.

“….The US Department of Justice is investigating the shooting “as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism,” according to a statement from US Attorney General Merrick Garland.

“Payton Gendron of Conklin, New York, was charged with first degree murder Saturday, Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn said in a news release. Conklin is about a three-and-a-half hour drive from Buffalo. He pleaded not guilty.

“….Authorities say when the suspect arrived at the store around 2:30 p.m., he was heavily armed, wearing tactical gear, a helmet and had a camera that was livestreaming his actions. The suspect used an assault weapon… In his news release, Flynn said the suspect shot four people outside of the grocery store, three fatally. When he entered the store, he exchanged fire with an armed security guard, who authorities said was a retired Buffalo police officer. The security guard died of his injuries. The suspect shot eight more people in the store, six of whom died, the release said.

[“A supermarket security guard, a retired Buffalo Police officer, ‘fired multiple shots at the suspect,’ but the suspect’s tactical gear protected him from the officer’s shots…The suspect fatally shot the security officer and continued going through the supermarket, working toward the front of the store, where he encountered Buffalo police officers. The suspect put his gun to his own neck, at which point two Buffalo officers talked him into dropping his gun and then took off some of his tactical gear and surrendered to police, officials said. Police arrested the suspect and transported him to Buffalo police headquarters.” (CNN. 5-14-2022.)]

“….Investigators were reviewing Saturday a 180-page purported manifesto posted online, in connection with the shooting probe, two federal law enforcement sources told CNN. The manifesto, independently obtained by CNN shortly after the attack and before authorities released the suspect’s name, is allegedly written by a person claiming to be Payton Gendron confessing to the attack. The manifesto’s author says he bought ammo for some time but didn’t get serious about planning the attack until January. The author also goes on about his perceptions of the dwindling size of the White population and claims of ethnic and cultural replacement of Whites….

“The manifesto’s author attributes the internet for most of his beliefs and describes himself as a fascist, a White supremacist and an anti-Semite.

“The suspect was previously monitored by ‘medical authorities’ for ‘something he wrote in high school,’ Gov. Hochul told ABC’s ‘This Week.’

“….Gendron was arraigned Saturday evening before Buffalo City Court Chief Judge Craig Hannah on one count of first-degree murder, the district attorney’s news release said. He pleaded not guilty, Hannah told CNN. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole, the release said. And there may be more charges coming, officials said….” (CNN (Shimon Prokupecz, Artemis Moshtaghian, Christian Maxouris). “What we know about Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron.” 5-15-2022.)

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–19 Daily News, NYC. “Space heater sparks deadliest NYC fire in decades…” 1-9-2022.
–17 Wall Street Journal. “Bronx Fire: Space Heater, Faulty Door Played Roles…” 1-10-2022.

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Jan 10, Wall Street Journal: “The deadliest blaze in New York City in more than 30 years appears to be the result of malfunctions in both a space heater and a self-closing apartment door, city officials said Monday. The fire Sunday in a Bronx apartment building killed 17 people, including eight children, and injured dozens more. It was started by a space heater in the bedroom of a unit, city officials said.

“City officials previously said 19 people, including nine children, died in the fire. The city’s medical examiner adjusted the death count on Monday, according to city officials.

“Smoke from the fire engulfed the entire, 120-unit building because the apartment unit’s self-closing entry door remained open after the family fled the home, Fire Department of New York Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. ‘The door stayed fully open because it malfunctioned,’ said Mr. Nigro at a press conference near the building. He added that a self-closing door on the stairwell to the 15th floor also remained open during the fire.

“All of the fire’s victims suffered severe smoke inhalation, and firefighters found many in cardiac arrest, according to city officials.

“Mr. Nigro said that city fire marshals were still piecing together what happened at the building, in the Tremont section of the Bronx.

“The marshals have been examining the malfunctioning space heater, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The heater was oil filled. That type of model has an electric component that heats the oil. Fire marshals were working to determine whether the heater had oil in it at the time it caught fire, the person said.

“City rules require apartment units to have self-closing doors. The building was compliant with the rule, according to the building’s owner and city officials. Kelly Magee, a spokeswoman for the building’s owner, Bronx Park Phase III Preservation LLC, said Monday that the building didn’t have any open violations or complaints about self-closing doors. She said that in July 2021, maintenance staff repaired the lock on the door of the unit where the fire started. At the time, the self-closing mechanism was working, Ms. Magee said. The New York City Council approved the self-closing-door law in 2018 after another deadly fire in the Bronx in which a dozen people were killed. Closed doors help contain the fire to apartment units, according to fire officials….

“The fire started in a two-story duplex unit on the second and third floors of the building. Other units were also duplex apartments, which pose added challenges for firefighters because it is difficult to maneuver the hose inside and fight fires on multiple levels, according to Glenn Corbett, associate professor of fire science and public management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

“Space heaters don’t cause as many fires as cooking accidents, improperly discarded cigarettes or faulty electrical wiring, Mr. Corbett said, but they do cause a decent amount of fires.’ Most space heaters have safety features that shut the units off after they have been running for a while, but older or faulty equipment can overheat and start fires, Mr. Corbett said. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that portable heaters cause about 1,700 fires annually, resulting in dozens of deaths.”

Jan 9, Daily News: “The deadliest New York City fire in decades killed at least 19 Bronx building residents Sunday, including nine children, FDNY sources said. The five-alarm blaze broke out about 10:54 a.m. in a bedroom of a duplex apartment spanning the second and third floors of the 19-story tower in Fordham Heights. The blaze was sparked by a malfunctioning electric space heater, officials said. Though officials said the heat in the building was functioning properly, the Bronx saw frigid temperatures dip into the high 20s early Sunday morning….

“Firefighters arrived within three minutes, their ranks soon swelling to 200 to battle the blaze at 333 E. 181st St. near Tiebout Ave., FDNY officials said. It was brought under control at 1:26 p.m. ‘They were met in the hallway with this fire,’ FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said at the scene. ‘Very heavy smoke, very heavy fire.’ ‘This smoke extended the entire height of the building — completely unusual,’ Nigro added. ‘Members found victims on every floor, in stairwells, and were taking them out in cardiac and respiratory arrest.’

“It didn’t have to be that bad, Nigro said. ‘We’ve stressed this over and over, the door to that apartment was left open causing the fire to spread and the smoke to spread,’ he said. The building has no fire escapes and the stairwells meant to be used as emergency exits quickly filled with smoke, along with floors where stairwell doors were left open. ‘There were certainly people trapped in their apartments all through this building, which is why our members did an unbelievable job of getting through every floor of this building and getting to these folks,’ Nigro added. ‘But some of them were already in arrest when we reached them.’

“Medics rushed 32 people with life-threatening injuries and three with serious injuries to five local hospitals, officials said. Nineteen people had minor injuries and were treated at the scene. All of the victims suffered severe smoke inhalation, Nigro said….

“At BronxCare Health System, the former Bronx Lebanon Hospital, a couple mourned the deaths of two of their five children. Distraught father Mahamadou Tourey tried to form sentences outside the hospital’s emergency room where his 5-old daughter and the girl’s teenaged brother died….

“Hours after the fire was put out, Ousman Tunkara, 28, stared up at the building’s 19th floor where his 3-year-old niece lived. He learned from a family member the toddler did not survive the blaze…

“More than 40 people were rescued from the burning building, FDNY sources said.

“The building includes multiple units converted into duplexes and has spaces hard to reach for firefighters. It was built in 1972, city records show….” (Daily News. NYC. “Space heater sparks deadliest NYC fire in decades killing at least 19 Bronx building residents, nine of them children.” 1-9-2022.)

Sources

Daily News (Brittany Kriegstein). NYC. “Space heater sparks deadliest NYC fire in decades killing at least 19 Bronx building residents, nine of them children.” 1-9-2022. Accessed 1-9-2022 at: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bronx-fire-apartment-building-20220109-g72gp7yowvdqhg6sn3j7pksj2e-story.html

Wall Street Journal. “Bronx Fire: Space Heater, Faulty Door Played Roles in Deadly Outcome, Say Officials. City’s Medical examiner also Monday lowered death count from 19 to 17, according to officials.” 1-10-2022. Accessed 1-11-2022 at: https://www.wsj.com/articles/bronx-fire-space-heater-faulty-door-played-roles-in-deadly-outcome-say-officials-11641841446

–13 6ABC Action News, Philadelphia. “7 children among at least 13 dead…” 1-5-2022.
–12 NYT. “8 Children Among 12 Dead in Philadelphia Fire.” 1-5-2022, updated 1-6-2022.
–12 Prescott eNews. “Warrant: 5-year-old might have started deadly Philly blaze.” 1-7-2022.

Narrative Information

Jan 5: “Philadelphia (WPVI) — The Philadelphia Fire Department says seven children are among at least 13 dead after a house fire erupted in the Fairmount section of the city on Wednesday morning….

“Officials say 18 people lived in a 2nd-floor apartment of the three-story duplex. Another eight people lived on the first floor. Deputy Fire Commissioner Craig Murphy noted that 26 was a large number of people to be occupying a duplex, but a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspections said the city does not limit the number of family members who can stay in a single unit….

“The fire broke out around 6:40 a.m. in the 800 block of N. 23rd Street. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames shooting from the second story of the three-story row house. The odd configuration of the building – originally a single-family home that had been split into two apartments – made it difficult to navigate, Murphy said. The fire department said it took about 50 minutes to bring the fire under control….

“The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The ATF is responding to the scene to assist the Philly fire and police departments.

“Action News has learned there were seven smoke detectors and three carbon monoxide detectors in one of the apartments, and six smoke detectors with three carbon monoxide detectors in the other. The duplex is a Philadelphia Housing Authority property. In a statement, PHA President and CEO Kelvin A. Jeremiah confirmed the property was last inspected in the spring, and all smoke detectors were ‘operating properly at that time.’ Fire officials say when they arrived on scene the smoke detectors were not operating….

“Eight people were able to get out of the house, officials said. Two people were taken to the hospital. One went to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and one went to Temple University Hospital….” (6ABC Action News, Philadelphia. “7 children among at least 13 dead after duplex fire in Fairmount section of Philadelphia.” 1-5-2022.)

Jan 6: “Philadelphia…. The city had initially reported the death toll as 13, including seven children, but revised both figures on Wednesday evening….” (New York Times. “8 Children Among 12 Dead in Philadelphia Fire.” 1-5-2022, updated 1-6-2022.)

Jan 7: “Investigators are looking into whether a 5-year-old who was playing with a lighter set a Christmas tree on fire, sparking a conflagration that killed 12 family members in a Philadelphia rowhome, officials revealed Thursday. That disclosure was included in a search warrant application as city and federal investigators sought to determine the cause of the blaze, the city’s deadliest in more than a century, which took the lives of three sisters and several of their children early Wednesday….

“Fire officials provided few details at an afternoon news briefing, declining to say how many people escaped the blaze or speculate on a possible cause, adding the fire scene was complex. Officials also did not say where the fire began, calling it part of the investigation. ‘I know that we will hopefully be able to provide a specific origin and cause to this fire and to provide some answers to the loved ones and, really, to the city,’ said Matthew Varisco, who leads the Philadelphia branch of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives….

“In a statement at a Thursday night vigil, relatives said the matriarch of their family had lost three daughters and nine grandchildren in the blaze. The daughters were identified as Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas and Quinsha White. There were two survivors, the family said. Temple University Hospital said one was in stable condition.

“In 2021, there were 14 people living in the upstairs four-bedroom apartment, according to Kelvin Jeremiah, the housing authority’s president and CEO. Six family members had moved there a decade ago, and the family had grown substantially since then, adding eight children, he said. PHA ‘does not evict people because they have children,’ Jeremiah said, responding to reporters’ questions about whether the house was big enough for so many people….

“The fire department previously said none of the four smoke alarms in the building appeared to have been working. But housing authority officials said Thursday the building actually had 13 tamper-resistant, 10-year detectors, all of which were operational during the last inspection in May 2021….

“The toll included eight children and four adults, officials said….” (Prescott eNews. “Warrant: 5-year-old might have started deadly Philly blaze.” 1-7-2022.)

Jan 7: “Philadelphia — A 5-year-old boy who escaped the fire that killed 12 people in a Fairmount apartment Wednesday told investigators the blaze started after he accidentally lit a Christmas tree on fire while playing with a lighter, according to police records obtained by The Inquirer.

“When first responders arrived at the three-story rowhouse before sunrise, the boy had made it out of the building. He then told a neighbor — and later a paramedic, a firefighter, and hospital staff — how the fire had started and that his mother had died.

“The new details emerged as local and federal investigators on Thursday continued to parse through the debris and interview surviving witnesses, and as family members of the victims gathered for an evening vigil in the neighborhood. Authorities have not officially identified the occupants who died in the upper unit of the brick duplex, but more names and details trickled out: Relatives said the victims were three adult sisters and nine of their children….

“The 5-year-old was among at least two family members who escaped the blaze, which ignited just after 6:30 a.m. It’s not clear how the boy got out, and why some other members of his family could not.

“According to the police records obtained by The Inquirer, a neighbor told investigators she was tending to the boy until medics arrived and he told her that his mother had died and that he had started the fire. The child made similar statements to a paramedic and a firefighter, as well as hospital staff at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. A detective then interviewed the child at the hospital — the questioning was captured on an officer’s body-worn camera — and the child said he was playing with an orange cigarette lighter and accidentally set the tree on fire….

“The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to formally rule the deaths accidental or homicides. But no charges are anticipated — children under 10 cannot be criminally charged in Pennsylvania.

“Among those who died were sisters Rosalee McDonald, 33, Virginia Thomas, 30, and Quinsha White, 19, their relatives said…. One of the victims was 16-year-old Quintien Tate-McDonald, a Bache-Martin graduate who attended the Philadelphia Electrical and Technical Charter High School…. His younger sister, Destiny McDonald, also died in the fire. She was 14, and had graduated from eighth grade at Bache-Martin in June, according to a basketball coach.

“PHA officials said Thursday that there were six smoke detectors in the upper unit and that two had been replaced last spring during annual inspections when authorities typically check smoke detectors. At that time, Jeremiah said, batteries had been missing in a couple of the alarms but were replaced….”

Sources

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EMS1.com. “Boy, 5, told first responders he started fatal Philadelphia fire that killed 12.” 1-7-2022. Accessed 1-9-2022 at: https://www.ems1.com/investigation/articles/boy-5-told-first-responders-he-started-fatal-philadelphia-fire-that-killed-12-RVpBejMQIE3j44D2/

New York Times. “8 Children Among 12 Dead in Philadelphia Fire.” 1-5-2022, updated 1-6-2022. Accessed 1-6-2022 at: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/05/us/philadelphia-fire

Prescott eNews. “Warrant: 5-year-old might have started deadly Philly blaze.” 1-7-2022. Accessed 1-7-2022 at: https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2022/01/07/warrant-5-year-old-might-have-started-deadly-philly-blaze/

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

COVID Deaths by State, D.C. and Puerto Rico (alphabetically) 2022

1. AL 4,602 42. SD 632
2. AK 245 43. TN 7,665
3. AZ 7,953 44. TX 16,187
4. AR 3,592 45. UT 1,500
5. CA 21,976 46. VT 320
6. CO 906 47. VA 7,100
7. CT 2,621 48. WA 5,130
8. DE 920 49. WV 2,336
9. DC 200 50. WI 4,859
10. FL 21,126 51. WY 424
11. GA 9,974
12. HI 514 Puerto Rico 2,242
13. ID 1,154 Guam 141
14. IL 8,661 US Virgin Isl. 38
15. IN 6,462
16. IA 2,546
17. KS 2,725
18. KY 5,578
19. LA 3,359
20. ME 1,259
21. MD 4,389
22. MA 2,667
23. MI 11,817
24. MN 3,664
25. MS 2,636
26. MO 6,134
27. MT 706
28. NE 1,343
29. NV 3,331
30. NH 898
31. NJ 4,494
32. NM 2,960
33. NY 15,407
34. NC 8,383
35. ND 402
36. OH 11,481
37. OK 3,839
38. OR 3,307
39. PA 12,178
40. RI 711
41. SC 4,175 
COVID Deaths by State, D.C. and Puerto Rico (High to Low) 2022

1. CA 21,976
2. FL 21,126
3. TX 16,187
4. NY 15,407
5. PA 12,178
6. MI 11,817
7. OH 11,481
8. GA 9,974
9. IL 8,661
10. NC 8,383
11. AZ 7,953
12. TN 7,665
13. VA 7,100
14. IN 6,462
15. MO 6,134
16. KY 5,578
17. WA 5,130
18. WI 4,859
19. AL 4,602
20. MD 4,389
21. NJ 4,494
22. SC 4,175
23. OK 3,839
24. MN 3,664
25. AR 3,592
26. LA 3,359
27. NV 3,331
28. OR 3,307
29. NM 2,960
30. KS 2,725
31. MA 2,667
32. MS 2,636
33. CT 2,621
34. IA 2,546
35. WV 2,336
36. UT 1,500
37. NE 1,343
38. ME 1,259
39. ID 1,154
40. DE 920
41. CO 906
42. NH 898
43. RI 711
44. MT 706 50. AK 245
45. SD 632 51. DC 200
46. HI 514
47. WY 424 Puerto Rico 2,242
48. ND 402 Guam 141
49. VT 320 US Virgin Islands 38
COVID Deaths per 1M pop. by State, D.C. and Puerto Rico (high to low) 2020-2022 (3 yrs.)

1. AZ 4,439
2. MS 4,406
3. WV 4,308
4. AL 4,237
5. NM 4,220
6. AR 4,215
7. TN 4,186
8. MI 4,089
9. NJ 4,007
10. KY 3,961
11. LA 3,957
12. FL 3,907
13. GA 3,901
14. OK 3,891
15. NY 3,887
16. PA 3,830
17. NV 3,824
18. IN 3,796
19. SC 3,654
20. MO 3,618
21. RI 3,531
22. SD 3,531
23. OH 3,510
24. MT 3,390
U.S. 3,388
25. WY 3,369 45. NH 2,113
26. MA 3,351 46. ME 2,084
27. KS 3,348 47. DC 1,999
28. IA 3,316 48. WA 1,986
29. CT 3,311 49. AK 1,910
30. DE 3,305 50. UT 1,624
31. IL 3,210 51. VT 1,268
32. TX 3,188 52. HI 1,247
33. ND 3,168
34. ID 2,977 Puerto Rico 1,646
35. WI 2,725
36. VA 2,658
37. MD 2,652
38. NC 2,641
39. MN 2,539
40. CO 2,532
41. CA 2,500
42. NE 2,421
43. OR 2,140

Overview of COVID Deaths and Rate 2020-2022 by State

death rate per million Grand Total
2022 U.S. deaths 217,370 650 (6.50) 1,118,475
2021 U.S. deaths 437,984 1,315 896,904
2020 U.S. deaths 354,215 1,070

2020-21 U.S. death rate: 2,559 per million
2020-22 U.S. death rate: 3,381 per million

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-21 2020-21 2022 2022 2020-22 2020-22 2022
State State deaths State State deaths total State State deaths total deaths
deaths per 1M deaths per 1 M deaths deaths per 1M deaths per 1M

AL 4,406 984 AL 12,049 3,356 16,455 AL 4,602 4,229 20,737 9.38
AK 205 280 AK 947 1,295 1,197 AK 245 1,910 1,397 3.35
AZ 8,864 1,218 AZ 15,365 3.329 24,229 AZ 7,953 4,421 32,182 10.93
AR 3,676 1,218 AR 5,427 3,031 9,148 AR 3,592 4,207 12,695 11.90
CA 25,967 657 CA 50,772 1,942 76,739 CA 21,976 2,498 98,715 5.56
CO 4,814 836 CO 5,720 1,829 10,534 CO 906 2,524 14,535 1.57
CT 5,995 1,681 CT 3,165 2,569 9,160 CT 2,621 3,304 11,781 7.35
DE 926 951 DE 1,360 2,384 2,286 DE 920 3,292 3,206 9.45
DC 786 1,114 DC 425 1,717 1,211 DC 200 1,411 1,999 2.83
FL 21,673 1,009 FL 40,807 2,909 62,480 FL 21,126 3,893 83,606 9.84
GA 10,954 1,030 GA 20,489 2,961 31,443 GA 9,974 3,901 41,417 9.39
HI 288 203 HI 802 770 1,090 HI 514 1,242 1,758 3.63
ID 1,436 804 ID 2,726 2,329 4,162 ID 1,154 2,975 5,316 6.46
IL 17,978 1,419 IL 13,039 2,448 31,017 IL 8,661 3,210 40,678 6.83
IN 8,263 1,227 IN 10,774 2,828 19,037 IN 6,462 3,783 25,469 9.60
IA 3,891 1,233 IA 3,996 2,491 7,858 IA 2,546 3,304 10,423 8.07
KS 2,471 941 KS 4,530 2,403 7,001 KS 2,715 3,335 9,716 9.32
KY 2,623 587 KY 9,495 2,712 12,118 KY 5,578 3,961 17,696 12.49
LA 7,488 1,611 LA 7,498 3,224 14,986 LA 3,359 3,946 18,345 7.23
ME 347 258 ME 1,184 1,139 1,531 ME 1,259 2,076 2,790 9.36
MD 5,895 975 MD 5,683 1,945 11,578 MD 4,389 2,641 15,967 7.26
MA 12,423 2,802 MA 7,850 2,941 20,273 MA 2,667 3,328 22,940 3.86
MI 13,018 1,304 MI 16,001 2,906 29,019 MI 11,817 4,089 40,836 11.83
MN 5,382 954 MN 5,274 1,889 10,656 MN 3,664 2,539 14,320 6.50
MS 4,787 1,608 MS 5,663 3,551 10,450 MS 2,636 4,396 13,083 8.86
MO 6,010 979 MO 10,064 2,619 16,074 MO 6,134 3,618 22,208 9.99
MT 961 899 MT 1,945 2,719 2,906 MT 706 3,388 3,621 6.61
NE 1,651 853 NE 1,690 1,727 3,341 NE 1,343 2,421 4,684 6.94
NV 3,125 1,015 NV 5,295 2,734 8,420 NV 3,331 3,815 11,751 10.81
NH 759 558 NH 1,202 1,442 1,961 NH 898 2,103 2,859 6.60
NJ 19,191 2,161 NJ 9,846 3,269 29,037 NJ 4,494 4,000 35,531 5.06
NM 2,477 1,181 NM 3,378 2,792 5,855 NM 2,960 4,204 8,815 6.94

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-21 2020-21 2022 2022 2020-22 2020-22 2022
State State deaths State State deaths total State State deaths total death
deaths per 1M deaths per 1M deaths deaths per 1M deaths rate

NY 38,007 1,954 NY 22,004 3,085 60,011 NY 15,407 3,877 75,418 7.92
NC 6,784 643 NC 12,462 1,852 19,426 NC 8,383 2,634 27,629 7.99
ND 1,292 1,695 ND 720 2,640 2,012 ND 402 3,168 2,414 5.27
OH 8,962 767 OH 20,485 2,519 29,447 OH 11,481 3,501 40,928 9.82
OK 2,489 629 OK 9,066 2,920 11,555 OK 3,839 3,890 15,394 8.56
OR 1,477 350 OR 4,178 1,341 5,655 OR 3,307 2,125 8,962 7.84
PA 16,073 1,256 PA 20,641 2,867 36,268 PA 12,178 3,819 48,892 9.51
RI 1,777 1,677 RI 1,289 2,894 3,066 RI 711 3,565 3,777 6.71
SC 5,296 1,029 SC 9,340 2,843 14,636 SC 4,175 3,654 18,811 8.11
SD 1,488 1,682 SD 998 2,810 2,486 SD 632 3,525 3,118 7.14
TN 6,907 1,011 TN 13,973 3,057 20,880 TN 7,665 4,180 28,545 11.22
TX 28,227 973 TX 47,916 2,626 76,143 TX 16,187 3,184 92,330 5.58
UT 1,269 396 UT 2,418 1,181 3,787 UT 1,500 1,618 5,187 4.68
VT 136 218 VT 335 755 471 VT 320 1,268 791 5.12
VA 5,032 590 VA 10,555 1,826 15,587 VA 7,100 2,658 22,687 8.50
WA 3,564 468 WA 6,344 1,301 9,908 WA 5,130 1,975 15,038 6.74
WV 1,338 747 WV 3,998 2,977 5,336 WV 2,336 4,281 7,672 13.03
WI 4,859 835 WI 6,314 1,919 11,173 WI 4,634 2,715 15,807 7.96
WY 438 757 WY 1,088 2,637 1,526 WY 424 3,369 1,950 7.32

P. Rico 1,503 444 P. Rico 1,802 976 3,305 P. Rico 2,242 1,638 5,547 6.62
Guam 122 ? Guam 148 ? 270 Guam 141 411
US VI 23 ? US VI 66 ? 89 US VI 38 127

 
Ranking of States and DC from highest death rate to lowest per 1 million population for 2020-2022:
State 2021 2020-21 2020-2022
deaths death deaths
rate

1. MS 5,663 3,551 10,450
2. AL 12,049 3,356 16,455
3. AZ 15,365 3,329 24,229
4. NJ 9,846 3,269 29,037
5. LA 7,498 3,224 14,986
6. NY 22,004 3,085 60,011
7. TN 13,973 3,057 20,880
8. AR 5,427 3,031 9,148
9. WV 3,998 2,977 5,336
10. GA 20,489 2,961 31,443
11. MA 7,850 2,941 20,273
12. OK 9,066 2,920 11,555
13. FL 40,807 2,909 62,480
14. MI 16,001 2,906 29,019
15. RI 1,289 2,894 3,066
16. PA 20,641 2,867 36,268
17. SC 9,340 2,843 14,636
18. IN 10,774 2,828 19,037
19. SD 998 2,810 2,486
20. NM 3,378 2,792 5,855
21. NV 5,295 2,734 8,420
22. MT 1,945 2,719 2,906
23. KY 9,495 2,712 12,118
24. ND 720 2,640 2,012
25. WY 1,088 2,637 1,526
26. TX 47,916 2,626 76,143
27. MO 10,064 2,619 16,074
28. CT 3,165 2,569 9,160
29. OH 20,485 2,519 29,447
30. IA 3,996 2,491 7,858
31. IL 13,039 2,448 31,017
32. KS 4,530 2,403 7,001
33. DE 1,360 2,384 2,286
34. ID 2,726 2,329 4,162
35. MD 5,683 1,945 11,578 State 2022 2020-22 2020-22
36. CA 50,772 1,942 76,739 deaths death deaths
37. WI 6,314 1,919 11,173 rate
38. MN 5,274 1,889 10,656
39. NC 12,462 1,852 19,426 47. AK 947 1,295 1,197
40. CO 5,720 1,829 10,534 48. UT 2,148 1,181 3,787
41. VA 10,555 1,826 15,587 49. ME 1,184 1,139 1,531
42. NE 1,690 1,727 3,341 50. HI 802 770 1,090
43. DC 425 1,717 1,211 51. VT 335 755 471
44. NH 1,202 1,442 1,961 52. Puerto Ri. 1,503 444
45. OR 4,178 1,341 5,655 53. Guam 148 ? 3,305
46. WA 6,344 1,301 9,908 54. US VI
COVID 19, 2020-2022 Chronologically

JANUARY

Date 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022
Daily Deaths Grand Total Daily Deaths Grand Total Deaths to date Deaths to date

Jan 1 2,129 2,129 356,666 677 677 847,280
Jan 2 2,078 4,207 358,755 636 1,313 847,462
Jan 3 1,398 5,605 360,158 1,024 2,337 849,576
Jan 4 1,987 7,592 362,142 2,058 4,395 851,439
Jan 5 3,769 11,361 365,912 1,999 6,394 854,767
Jan 6 4,100 15,461 370,001 2,548 8.942 856,102
Jan 7 4,239 19,700 374,133 2,191 11,133 859,046
Jan 8 4,010 23,710 378,172 1,306 12,439 859,356
Jan 9 3,238 26,948 381.423 902 13,341 860,334
Jan 10 1,794 28,742 383,285 1,331 14,672 863,896
Jan 11 2,054 30,796 385,339 2,540 17,212 864,100
Jan 12 4,491 35,287 389,830 2,665 19,877 867,197
Jan 13 4,103 39,390 393,933 2,491 22,368 869,763
Jan 14 4,142 43,532 398,067 2,303 24,671 872,086
Jan 15 3,817 47,349 401,868 1,839 26,510 875,925
Jan 16 3,377 50,726 405,261 1,094 27,604 876,968
Jan 17 1,842 52,568 407,198 1,085 28,869 877,524
Jan 18 1,449 54,017 408,692 2,016 30,705 879,956
Jan 19 2,802 56,819 411,520 2,777 33,482 881,724
Jan 20 4,385 61,204 415,905 3,172 36,654 885,802
Jan 21 4,363 65,567 420,285 2,917 39,571 887,782
Jan 22 3,886 69,453 424,177 1,503 41,074 888,623
Jan 23 3,439 72,892 427,647 1,095 42,169 889,667
Jan 24 1,854 74,746 429.496 1,365 43,534 892,491
Jan 25 1,897 76,643 431,392 3,051 46,585 896,207
Jan 26 4,201 80,844 435,608 3,448 50,033 899,451
Jan 27 4,256 85,100 439,861 3,077 53,110 902,882
Jan 28 3,947 89,047 443,808 2,802 55,912 905,661
Jan 29 3,652 92,699 447,459 1,572 57,484 907,190
Jan 30 2,905 95,604 450,403 925 58,409 907,950
Jan 31 1,906 97,510 452,309 1,326 59,735 911,453

FEBRUARY
2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022
Date Daily Deaths Date Daily Deaths Grand Daily Deaths Deaths
Deaths to date Deaths to date Total Deaths to date Grand Total
Feb 1 0 0 Feb 1 1,915 99,425 454,224 Feb1 3,149 62,884 914,602
Feb 2 0 0 Feb 2 3,644 103,069 457,868 Feb2 3,291 66,175 918,653
Feb 3 0 0 Feb 3 4,005 107,074 461,936 Feb3 2,758 68,933 921,411
Feb 4 0 0 Feb 4 3,668 110,742 467,133 Feb4 2,693 71,626 924,604
Feb 5 0 0 Feb 5 3,665 114,407 470,798 Feb5 1,651 73,277 926,029
Feb 6 0 0 Feb 6 2,797 117,204 473,601 Feb6 1,003 74,280 926,775
Feb 7 0 0 Feb 7 1,315 118,519 474,916 Feb7 1,380 75,660 929,666
Feb 8 0 0 Feb 8 1,592 120,111 476,507 Feb8 2,785 78,445 935,922
Feb 9 0 0 Feb 9 3,265 123,376 479,772 Feb9 3,112 81,557 939,034
Feb 10 0 0 Feb 10 3,436 126,812 483,854 Feb10 1,917 83,474 940,089
Feb 11 0 0 Feb 11 3,068 129,880 486,922 Feb11 1,982 85,456 942,071
Feb 12 0 0 Feb 12 3,054 132,934 493,791 Feb12 1,267 86,723 944,158
Feb 13 0 0 Feb 13 2,310 135,244 496,135 Feb13 977 87,700 944,912
Feb 14 0 0 Feb 14 1,114 136,358 497,249 Feb14 1,132 88,832 949,248
Feb 15 0 0 Feb 15 939 137,297 498,188 Feb15 2,420 91,252 949,801
Feb 16 0 0 Feb 16 1,819 139,116 500,007 Feb16 2,184 93,436 955,497
Feb 17 0 0 Feb 17 2,542 141,658 502,548 Feb17 2,280 93,656 956,207
Feb 18 0 0 Feb 18 2,773 144,431 505,316 Feb18 2,144 95,800 959,143
Feb 19 0 0 Feb 19 2,652 147,083 507,968 Feb19 1,384 97,184 960,527
Feb 20 0 0 Feb 20 1,919 149,002 509,887 Feb20 688 97,872 961,216
Feb 21 0 0 Feb 21 1,244 150,246 511,131 Feb21 1,558 99,430 963,371
Feb 22 0 0 Feb 22 1,378 151,624 512,588 Feb22 1,685 101,115 965,408
Feb 23 0 0 Feb 23 2,445 154,069 515,033 Feb23 2,651 103,766 968,059
Feb 24 0 0 Feb 24 2,526 156,595 518,216 Feb24 2,288 106,054 970,347
Feb 25 0 0 Feb 25 2,459 159,054 520,675 Feb25 1,853 107,907 972,200
Feb 26 0 0 Feb 26 2,273 161,327 522,948 Feb26 189 108,096 973,119
Feb 27 0 0 Feb 27 1,554 162,881 524,502 Feb27 696 108,792 975,481
Feb 28 0 0 Feb 28 1,285 164,166 525,787 Feb28 862 109,654 976,343
Feb 29 1 1 (2020 was a leap year with 29 instead of 28 days in February)

 
MARCH

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2022 2020-2022
date daily total daily total Grand date daily deaths Grand
deaths dead deaths Total deaths to date Total

Mar 1 1 1,439 165,605 527,226 Mar 1 1,672 111,326 978,015
Mar 2 5 6 1,996 167,601 529,221 Mar 2 1,883 113,209 979,798
Mar 3 3 9 2,378 169,979 531,719 Mar 3 1,409 114,618 982,689
Mar 4 2 11 2,049 172,028 533,768 Mar 4 1,568 116,186 984,257
Mar 5 1 12 1,856 173,884 535,604 Mar 5 778 116,964 984,871
Mar 6 3 15 1,558 175,442 537,162 Mar 6 604 117,568 985,406
Mar 7 4 19 749 176,191 537,911 Mar 7 700 118,268 986,056
Mar 8 3 22 831 177,022 538,742 Mar 8 1,299 119,567 986,901
Mar 9 1,727 178,749 540,469 Mar 9 1,497 121,064 990,013
Mar 10 8 30 1,668 180,417 542,137 Mar10 1,434 122,498 989,836
Mar 11 4 38 1,605 182,022 543,742 Mar11 1,211 123,709 993,517
Mar 12 7 42 1,516 183,538 545,258 Mar12 1,080 124,789 992,092
Mar 13 9 49 1,038 184,576 546,296 Mar13 482 125,271 992,517
Mar 14 11 58 631 185,207 546,927 Mar14 495 125,766 992,944
Mar 15 12 69 840 186,047 548,828 Mar15 1,196 126,962 993,757
Mar 16 22 87 1,226 187,273 550,054 Mar16 1,299 128,261 995,199
Mar 17 26 110 1,378 188,651 551,432 Mar17 1,116 129,377 996,159
Mar 18 50 150 1,387 190,038 552,819 Mar18 915 130,292 998,318
Mar 19 68 206 1,251 191,289 554,070 Mar19 641 130,933 998,900
Mar 20 70 255 783 192,072 554,853 Mar20 252 131,185 999,152
Mar 21 65 301 456 192,528 555,309 Mar21 372 131,557 999,465
Mar 22 135 414 638 193,166 555,947 Mar22 1,008 132,565 1,000,404
Mar 23 180 555 1,070 194,236 557,017 Mar23 939 133,504 1,001,666
Mar 24 268 780 1,415 195,651 558.519 Mar24 728 134,232 1,002,326
Mar 25 303 1,027 1,237 196,888 559,072 Mar25 761 134,993 1,003,198
Mar 26 354 1,295 1,282 198,170 561,254 Mar26 437 135,430 1,003,786
Mar 27 496 1,695 823 198,993 562,604 Mar27 219 135,649 1,003,846
Mar 28 644 2,220 527 199,520 562,604 Mar28 289 135,938 1,004,333
Mar 29 497 2,583 661 200,181 563,265 Mar29 912 136,850 1,005,764
Mar 30 815 3,141 873 201,054 564,138 Mar30 1,349 138,199 1,007,113
Mar 31 1,085 4,053 1,140 202,194 565,278 Mar31 552 138,751 1,007,665  
APRIL

Date 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2022 2020-2022
daily total daily total Grand daily deaths Grand
deaths dead daily Total date deaths to date Total

Apr 1 1,049 5,102 980 203,174 568,431 Apr 1 512 139,263 1,008,177
Apr 2 1,182 6,098 994 204,168 569,425 Apr 2 426 139,689 1,008,480
Apr 3 1,045 7,121 824 204,992 570,249 Apr 3 161 139,850 1,008,641
Apr 4 1,330 8,451 297 205,289 570,546 Apr 4 371 140,221 1,009,544
Apr 5 1,165 9,616 524 205,813 571,070 Apr 5 725 140,946 1,009,588
Apr 6 1,255 10,871 905 206,718 571,975 Apr 6 675 141,721 1,010,922
Apr 7 1,970 12,841 900 207,618 572,875 Apr 7 596 142,217 1,011,447
Apr 8 1,943 14,811 1,036 208,654 573,911 Apr 8 562 142,779 1,012,009
Apr 9 1,901 16,712 930 209,584 574,853 Apr 9 351 143,130 1,012,170
Apr10 2,035 18,747 742 210,316 575,595 Apr10 168 143,298 1,013,243
Apr11 1,830 20,577 276 210,592 575,829 Apr11 250 143,548 1,013,493
Apr12 1,528 22,105 480 211,072 576,309 Apr12 628 144,176 1,014,115
Apr13 1,535 23,640 819 211,891 577,177 Apr13 447 144,623 1,014,556
Apr14 2,407 26,407 895 212,786 578,993 Apr14 365 144,988 1,014,921
Apr15 2,618 32,442 922 213,708 579,055 Apr15 376 145,364 1.015,297
Apr16 2,176 34,639 887 214,595 579,942 Apr16 116 145,480 1,015,440
Apr17 2,528 37,147 738 215,333 580,756 Apr17 43 145,523 1,015,450
Apr18 1,867 39,014 310 215,643 581,061 Apr18 109 145,632 1,015,821
Apr19 1,561 40,575 496 216,139 581,571 Apr19 338 145,970 1,016,159
Apr20 1,939 42,514 883 217,022 582,454 Apr20 515 146,485 1,017,502
Apr21 2,804 45,318 876 217,898 583,330 Apr21 466 146,951 1,017,898
Apr22 2,358 47,894 926 218,824 584,285 Apr22 391 147,342 1,018,241
Apr23 2,340 50,234 811 219,636 585,139 Apr23 238 147,580 1,018,321
Apr24 1,957 52,191 742 220,378 585,880 Apr24 130 147,710 1,018,351
Apr25 2,065 54,256 273 220,651 586,153 Apr25 210 147,920 1,019,017
Apr26 1,157 55,413 455 221,106 586,611 Apr26 401 148,321 1,019,365
Apr27 1,383 56,795 884 221,990 587,495 Apr27 431 148,752 1,020,194
Apr28 2,470 59,265 954 222,994 588,377 Apr28 436 149,188 1,020,436
Apr29 2,390 61,655 902 223,896 589,271 Apr29 282 149,470 1,020,718
Apr30 2,201 63,856 784 224,680 590,055 Apr30 270 149,740 1,020,833

 
MAY

Date 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2022 2020-2022
daily total daily total Grand daily deaths Grand
deaths dead daily Total date deaths to date Total

May01 1,897 65,793 727 225,407 590,782 May01 151 149,891 1,020,963
May02 1,691 67,444 325 225,732 591,107 May02 220 150,111 1,021,596
May03 1,389 68,597 460 226,192 591,558 May03 425 150,536 1,022,025
May04 1,324 69,921 743 226,935 593,148 May04 394 150,930 1,023,683
May05 2,350 72,271 773 227,708 493,921 May05 380 151,310 1,023,908
May06 2,528 74,799 777 228,485 594,911 May06 381 151,691 1,024,289
May07 2,129 76,928 774 229,259 594,940 May07 217 151,908 1,024,994
May08 1,687 78,615 650 229,909 595,588 May08 143 152,051 1,025,108
May09 1,422 80,037 265 230,174 595,812 May09 174 152,225 1,025,282
May10 750 80,787 391 230,565 596,179 May10 383 152,608 1,025,665
May11 1,060 81,847 726 231,291 596,946 May11 310 152,918 1,025,975
May12 1,871 83,718 854 232,145 597,785 May12 280 153,198 1,026,578
May13 1,822 85,540 799 232,944 598,598 May13 272 153,470 1,026,928
May14 1,753 87,293 748 233,692 599,314 May14 179 153,649 1,027,107
May15 1,602 88,895 530 234,222 599,863 May15 132 153,781 1,027,239
May16 1,218 90,113 289 234,511 600,147 May16 195 153,976 1,027,434
May17 865 90,978 397 233,908 600,598 May17 385 154,361 1,027,819
May18 1,003 91,981 747 235,655 601,329 May18 317 154,678 1,028,136
May19 1,552 93,533 692 236,347 601,980 May19 359 155,057 1,029,178
May20 1,403 94,936 703 237,050 602,616 May20 395 155,452 1,029,573
May21 1,414 96,569 642 237,692 603,257 May21 219 155,671 1,029,792
May22 1,299 97,868 519 238,211 603,860 May22 175 155,846 1,029,967
May23 1,036 98,904 226 238,437 604,416 May23 276 156,122 1,030,243
May24 615 99,519 358 238,795 605,573 May24 482 156,604 1,030,725
May25 506 100,025 665 239,460 607,028 May25 381 156,985 1,031,106
May26 775 100,800 637 240,097 607,665 May26 381 157,366 1,031,552
May27 1,538 102,338 669 240,766 608,334 May27 373 157,739 1,031,925
May28 1,225 103,563 627 241,393 608,961 May28 173 157,912 1,032,098
May29 1,213 104,776 352 241,745 609,420 May29 108 158,020 1,032,206
May30 1,017 105,793 191 241,936 610,188 May30 94 158,114 1,032,300
May31 639 105,793 154 242,090 610,188 May31 207 158,321 1,032,507

JUNE (2020-2022)

Date 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022
daily total daily total Grand daily death Grand
deaths dead deaths dead Total deaths to date Total

Jun 1 773 107,163 300 242,390 610,181 389 158,710 1,032,896
Jun 2 1,136 108,299 512 242,902 610,691 334 159,044 1,033,664
Jun 3 1,084 109,383 574 243,476 611,296 380 159,424 1,034,044
Jun 4 1,032 110,415 518 243,994 611,815 194 159,618 1,034,238
Jun 5 975 111,390 387 244,381 612,202 115 159,733 1,034,353
Jun 6 706 112,096 187 244,568 612,330 180 159,913 1,034,533
Jun 7 373 112,469 320 244,888 612,650 379 160,292 1,034,912
Jun 8 586 113,055 391 245,279 613,041 338 160,630 1,035,250
Jun 9 1,093 114,148 451 245,730 613,492 265 160,895 1,035,515
Jun10 982 115,130 424 246,154 614,007 239 161,134 1,036,478
Jun11 904 116,034 421 246,576 614,738 229 161,363 1,035,828
Jun12 791 116,825 314 246,890 614,959 79* 161,442 1,036,859
Jun13 702 117,527 155 247,045 615,053 230 161,672 1,037,089
Jun14 331 117,858 246 247,291 615,393 389 162,061 1,037,478
Jun15 425 118,283 342 247,633 615,735 363 162,424 1,037,841
Jun16 849 119,132 433 248,066 616,539 237 162,661 1,038,068
Jun17 809 119,941 371 248,437 616,539 219 162,880 1,038,268
Jun18 747 120,688 384 248,821 616,923 95 162,975 1,038,313
Jun19 719 121,407 228 249,049 617.151 339 163,314 1,038,652
Jun20 573 121,980 142 249,191 617,293 56 163,370 1,038,708
Jun21 267 122,247 236 249,427 617,529 192 163,562 1,038,900
Jun22 363 122,610 429 249,856 618,072 457 164,019 1,039,987
Jun23 863 123,473 372 250,228 618,444 408 164,427 1,040,852
Jun24 819 126,845 371 250,599 618,815 319 164,746 1,041,171
Jun25 653 127,498 395 250,994 619,210 180 164,926 1,041,351
Jun26 663 128,161 182 251,176 619,392 91 165,017 1,041,442
Jun27 512 128,673 130 251,306 619,522 148 165,165 1,041,590
Jun28 285 128,958 294 251,600 619,678 375 165,540 1,041,965
Jun29 366 129,324 318 251,918 619,996 326 165,866 1,042,291
Jun30 726 130,050 286 252,204 620,330 410 166,276 1,043,280

*From CDC covid data tracker trends – daily deaths. We could not fix upon June 12 on Worldometers.

JULY (2020-2022)

Date 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022
daily total daily total Grand daily death Grand
deaths dead deaths dead Total deaths to date Total

July 1 676 130,726 315 252,519 620,645 406 166,682 1,043,607
July 2 687 131,413 322 252,841 621,168 162 166,844 1,043,682
July 3 626 132,039 127 252,968 621,295 117 166,961 1,044,269
July 4 266 132,305 111 253,079 621,355 131 167,092 1,044,400
July 5 263 132,568 111 253,190 621,452 218 167,310 1,044,618
July 6 378 132,946 235 253,425 621,687 405 167,715 1,045,023
July 7 993 133,939 273 253,698 621,960 414 168,129 1,045,437
July 8 891 134,830 345 254,043 622,305 303 168,432 1,045,740
July 9 961 135,791 366 254,409 622,703 254 168,686 1,046,929
July10 848 136,639 118 254,527 622,821 162 168,848 1,046,929
July11 732 137,371 104 254,631 622,957 242 169,090 1,047,333
July12 381 137,752 171 254,772 623,128 398 169,488 1,047,731
July13 465 138,217 307 255,079 623,435 515 170,003 1,048,246
July14 936 139,153 374 255,453 623,838 290 170,293 1,048,536
July15 1,002 140,155 344 255,797 624,214 387 170,680 1,048,768
July16 963 141,118 289 256,086 624,599 54 170,734 1,048,822
July17 946 142,064 183 256,269 624,782 222 170,956 1,050,071
July18 813 142,877 104 256,373 624,886 278 171,234 1,050,349
July19 412 143,289 138 256,511 625,024 432 171,666 1,050,781
July20 540 144,338 268 256,779 625,394 470 172,136 1,051,251
July21 1,188 146,759 426 257,205 625,820 340 172,476 1,051,591
July22 1,233 147,955 388 257,593 626,208 471 172,947 1,051,912
July23 1,196 147,955 332 257,925 626,562 259 173,206 1,052,361
July24 1,166 149,121 233 258,158 626,700 143 173,349 1,052,431
July25 926 150,047 136 258,294 626,069 275 173,624 1,052,634
July26 472 150,509 175 258,464 627,244 413 174,037 1,053,711
July27 597 151,106 371 258,840 627,615 451 174,488 1,054,162
July28 1,330 152,436 483 259,323 628,098 260 174,748 1,054,422
July29 1,465 153,901 398 259,721 628,492 291 175,039 1,055,250
July30 1,465 155,366 419 260,140 629,064 113 175,152 1,055,351
July31 1,460 156,826 242 260,382 629,316 88 175,240 1,055,427

 
AUGUST (2020-2022)

Date 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022
daily total daily total Grand daily deaths Grand
deaths dead deaths dead Total deaths to date Total

Aug 1 1,123 157,949 217 260,599 629,850 161 175,401 1,055,576
Aug 2 467 158,416 276 260,875 630,126 363 175,764 1,055,975
Aug 3 562 158,978 526 261,401 630,652 458 176,222 1,057,308
Aug 4 1,360 160,338 661 262,062 631,313 397 176,619 1,058,237
Aug 5 1,319 161,657 578 262,640 631,891 400 177,019 1,058,637
Aug 6 1,203 162,860 750 263,390 632,641 116 177,135 1,058,726
Aug 7 1,292 164,152 320 263,710 632,987 350 177,485 1,059,076
Aug 8 986 165,138 344 264,054 633,116 281 177,506 1,059,210
Aug 9 534 165,672 336 264,390 633,987 573 178,079 1,059,641
Aug 10 579 166,241 715 265,105 634,605 595 178,674 1,061,346
Aug 11 1,504 167,745 614 265,719 635,683 409 179,083 1,061,956
Aug 12 1,386 169,131 709 266,428 636,392 437 179,520 1,062,302
Aug 13 1,284 170,415 769 267,197 637,161 131 179,651 1,063,115
Aug 14 1,120 171,535 258 267,455 637,439 147 179,798 1,063,262
Aug 15 1,071 172,606 416 267,871 639,642 116 179,914 1,064,436
Aug 16 526 173,620 471 268,341 640,113 395 180,309 1,063,831
Aug 17 571 174,191 987 269,329 641,100 479 180,788 1,064,310
Aug 18 1,394 175,585 1,108 270,437 642,208 483 181,271 1,065,189
Aug 19 1,284 176,869 1,029 271,466 643,237 513 181,784 1,066,541
Aug 20 1,097 177,966 1,101 272,567 643,237 343 182,127 1,066,884
Aug 21 1,170 179,136 891 273,458 646,306 233 182,360 1,067,117
Aug 22 974 180,110 520 273,977 646,745 274 182,634 1,067,391
Aug 23 443 180,553 529 274,504 647,199 492 183,126 1,067,883
Aug 24 496 181,049 1,194 275,690 648,393 495 183,621 1,068,378
Aug 25 1,290 182,339 1,371 277,070 650,728 477 184,098 1,068,740
Aug 26 1,289 183,628 1,289 278,359 652,083 496 184,594 1,070,368
Aug 27 1,142 184,770 1,304 279,663 652,474 289 184,883 1,069,158
Aug 28 1,105 185,875 980 280,643 653,454 215 185,098 1,069,373
Aug 29 954 186,829 735 281,378 658,089 248 185,346 1,071,120
Aug 30 369 187,198 862 282,240 658,951 422 185,768 1,071,542
Aug 31 521 187,710 1,525 283,765 660,476 508 185,776 1,072,050

 
September (2020-2022)

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022 2023 2023 2020-23
Daily Total Daily Total Grand Daily Total Grand Daily total grand
Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Total Deaths deaths Deaths Death deaths total

Sep 1 1,164 188,874 1,580 285,345 662,056 315 186,091 1,072,365
Sep 2 1,090 189,964 1,714 287,059 663,770 308 186,399 1,073,743
Sep 3 1,114 191,078 1,512 288,571 665,282 266 186,665 1,074,099
Sep 4 1,033 192,111 1,123 289,694 668,408 146 186,811 1,074,155
Sep 5 707 192,818 797 290,491 669,205 176 186,987 1,074,331
Sep 6 430 193,248 675 291,166 669,880 288 187,275 1,074,619
Sep 7 286 193,534 971 292,137 670,851 431 187,706 1,075,050
Sep 8 496 194,030 1,767 293,904 672,618 349 188,055 1,075,399
Sep 9 1,208 195,238 2,121 296,025 675,242 359 188,414 1,075,758
Sep 10 1,092 196,826 1,777 297,802 677,018 279 188,693 1,075,913
Sep 11 1,096 197,922 1,335 299,137 679,052 168 188,861 1,075,961
Sep 12 712 198,634 733 299,870 679,785 242 189,103 1,076,053
Sep 13 401 199,035 877 300,747 680,662 457 189,560 1,077,591
Sep 14 479 199,514 2,012 302,759 682,674 369 189,929 1,077,960
Sep 15 1,199 200,713 2,317 305,076 686,616 305 190,234 1,078,265
Sep 16 1,013 201,726 1,871 306,947 688,486 312 190,546 1,078,577
Sep 17 884 202,610 1,938 308,885 690,713 120 190,666 1,078,656
Sep 18 956 203,566 1,453 310,338 693,321 143 190,809 1,078,873
Sep 19 664 204,230 781 311,119 694,102 183 190,992 1,078,968
Sep 20 299 204,529 838 311,957 694,940 238 191,230 1,079,206
Sep 21 380 204,909 1,927 313,884 696,867 411 191,641 1,079,617
Sep 22 983 205,892 2,228 316,112 699,748 222 191,863 1,080,836
Sep 23 1,119 207,011 2,121 318,233 703,289 417 192,280 1,082,714
Sep 24 924 207,935 2,004 320,237 705,293 252 192,532 1,082,966
Sep 25 898 208,833 1,399 321,636 707,781 141 192,673 1,083,107
Sep 26 740 209,573 813 322,449 708,594 200 192,873 1,083,307
Sep 27 279 209,852 869 323,318 709,363 336 193,209 1,083,643
Sep 28 353 210,205 1,989 325,307 712,722 413 193,622 1,084,056
Sep 29 978 211,183 2,200 327,507 714,942 226 193,858 1,084,282
Sep 30 958 212,141 1,937 329,444 717,121 436 194,294 1,085,772 
October (2020-2022)

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022 2023 2023 2020-23
Daily Total Daily Total Grand Daily Total Grand Daily total grand
Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Total Deaths deaths Deaths Death deaths total

Oct 1 920 213,061 1,821 331,265 718,984 394 194,688 1,086,166
Oct 2 866 213,927 1,344 332,609 721,466 256 194,944 1,086,422
Oct 3 763 214,690 713 333,322 722,179 292 195,236 1,086,714
Oct 4 338 215,028 738 334,060 722,917 524 195,760 1,087,238
Oct 5 427 215,455 1,931 335,991 724,848 464 196,139 1,087,702
Oct 6 810 216,265 2,225 338,216 727,073 389 196,528 1,088,091
Oct 7 931 217,196 1,891 340,107 728,964 415 196,943 1,088,506
Oct 8 960 218,156 1,937 342,044 732,477 286 197,229 1,088,792
Oct 9 913 219,069 1,161 343,205 735,489 192 197,421 1,088,984
Oct 10 729 219,798 662 343,867 736,151 188 197,609 1,089,172
Oct 11 328 220,126 650 344,517 736,801 237 197,846 1,089,409
Oct 12 335 220,461 1,597 346,114 738.398 394 198,240 1,089,803
Oct 13 846 221,307 1,841 347,955 740,239 275 198,515 1,090,078
Oct 14 970 222,277 1,654 349,609 741,893 211 198,726 1,090,289
Oct 15 874 223,151 1,654 351,263 741,893 104 198,830 1,090,783
Oct 16 931 224,082 1,020 351,363 745,514 50 198,880 1,090,833
Oct 17 658 224,740 648 352,011 746,162 136 199,016 1,090,969
Oct 18 481 225,221 861 352,872 747,023 284 199,300 1,091,135
Oct 19 454 225,675 1,796 354,668 750,302 330 199,630 1,092,388
Oct 20 949 226,624 2,129 356,797 752,431 182 199,812 1,092,570
Oct 21 1,224 227,833 1,624 358,421 754,054 262 200,074 1,092,760
Oct 22 973 228,797 1,610 360,031 755,721 160 200,234 1,092,793
Oct 23 904 229,696 1,018 361,049 758,141 93 200,327 1,093,546
Oct 24 789 230,421 560 361,609 758,701 251 200,578 1,093,697
Oct 25 443 230,862 680 362,289 759,381 251 200,599 1,093,948
Oct 26 531 231,390 1,672 363,961 761,007 272 200,871 1,094,220
Oct 27 1,055 232,440 1,713 365,674 762,720 246 201,117 1,094 943
Oct 28 1,032 233,468 1,441 367,115 764,161 223 201,340 1,095,166
Oct 29 1,041 234,508 1,555 368,670 765,798 233 201,573 1,095,199
Oct 30 987 235,498 831 369,501 766,474 211 201,784 1,095,204
Oct 31 922 236,421 546 370,047 766,866 238 202,022 1,096,628

November (2020-2022)

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022 2023 2023 2020-23
Daily Total Daily Total Grand Daily Total Grand Daily total grand
Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Total Deaths deaths Deaths Death deaths total

Nov 1 396 236,807 550 370,597 767,436 377 202,399 1,097,005
Nov 2 521 237,327 1,400 371,997 771,458 296 202,695 1,097,301
Nov 3 1,190 238,517 1,566 373,576 773,024 176 202,869 1,097,477
Nov 4 1,199 239,727 1,362 374,925 774,386 148 203,017 1,098,194
Nov 5 1,149 240,880 1,381 376,306 775,767 221 203,238 1,098,971
Nov 6 1,245 242,116 851 377,157 776,618 153 203,391 1,099,124
Nov 7 1,035 243,161 454 377,610 777,071 211 203,602 1,099,335
Nov 8 542 243,703 685 378,295 777,756 276 203,878 1,099,611
Nov 9 649 244,355 1,524 379,819 779,280 296 204,174 1,099,907
Nov 10 1,456 245,834 1,604 381,423 780,884 183 204,357 1,100,090
Nov 11 1,046 247,304 1,062 382,485 781,946 154 204,511 1,100,579
Nov 12 1,186 248.483 987 383,472 782,933 99 204,610 1,100,678
Nov 13 1,416 249,899 767 384,239 783,439 94 204,704 1,100,772
Nov 14 1,260 251,158 447 384,686 783,886 125 204,829 1,100,897
Nov 15 658 251,816 513 385,199 784,946 219 205,048 1,102,115
Nov 16 766 252,581 1,437 386,636 786,588 441 205,489 1,102,556
Nov 17 1,655 254,235 1,420 388,056 788,088 364 205,853 1,102,930
Nov 18 1,968 256,203 1,334 389,390 791,919 335 206,188 1,103,265
Nov 19 2,067 258,270 1,325 390,715 793,244 263 206,451 1,103,528
Nov 20 1,993 260,265 817 391,532 794,061 167 206,618 1,103,695
Nov 21 1,507 261,772 368 391,900 794,429 225 206,843 1,103,920
Nov 22 879 262,655 551 392,451 794,980 305 207,148 1,104,225
Nov 23 989 263,645 1,461 393,912 796,651 348 207,496 1,104,573
Nov 24 2,210 265,854 1,691 395,603 798,892 227 207,723 1,105,024
Nov 25 2,332 268,185 777 396,380 798,746 162 207,885 1,105,186
Nov 26 1,442 269,628 601 396,981 800,277 115 208,000 1,105,301
Nov 27 1,355 270,984 423 397,404 800,700 148 208,148 1,105,449
Nov 28 1,222 272,208 415 397,819 801,115 177 208,325 1,105,626
Nov 29 819 273,028 506 398,325 801,621 262 208,587 1,105,888
Nov 30 1,275 274,299 1,639 399,964 803,253 341 208,928 1,106,229 
December (2020-2022)

2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2020-2021 2022 2022 2020-2022 2023 2023 2020-23
Daily Total Daily Total Grand Daily Total Grand Daily total grand
Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Total Deaths deaths Deaths Death deaths total

Dec 1 2,669 276,966 1,745 401,709 805,221 229 209,157 1,107,489
Dec 2 2,873 279,838 1,520 403,229 806,741 318 209,475 1,107,807
Dec 3 2,923 282,762 1,366 404,595 808,653 214 209,689 1,108,021
Dec 4 2,704 285,466 986 405,581 809,639 190 209,879 1,108,211
Dec 5 2,267 287,733 469 406,050 810,108 221 210,090 1,108,432
Dec 6 1,109 288,842 755 406,805 810,863 358 210,448 1,108,790
Dec 7 1,559 290,401 1,952 408,757 812,815 399 210,847 1,109,189
Dec 8 2,977 293,378 1,366 410,123 814,181 194 211,041 1,109,495
Dec 9 3,263 296,641 1,088 411,211 815,269 409 211,450 1,110,890
Dec 10 3,094 299,735 1,587 412,798 817,542 290 211,740 1,110,180
Dec 11 3,044 302,779 792 413,590 818,334 274 212,014 1,111,454
Dec 12 2,318 305,097 432 414,022 818,766 288 212,302 1,111,742
Dec 13 1,388 306,485 549 414,571 819,315 419 212,721 1,112,161
Dec 14 1,622 308,092 1,801 416,372 821,681 425 213,146 1,112,797
Dec 15 2,998 311,090 1,690 418,062 823,408 282 213,168 1,113,333
Dec 16 3,561 314,651 1,653 419,715 825,128 365 213,533 1,113,698
Dec 17 3,463 318,433 1,638 421,353 826,766 332 213,865 1,114,030
Dec 18 2,845 321,278 1,043 422,396 827,899 256 214,121 1,114,286
Dec 19 2,682 323,960 461 422,857 828,360 296 214,417 1,114,582
Dec 20 1,526 325,486 689 423,546 829,049 476 214,893 1,115,459
Dec 21 1,967 327,453 2,063 425,609 831,669 401 215,294 1,115,459
Dec 22 3,377 330,830 1,627 427,236 833,296 289 215,583 1,115,748
Dec 23 3,404 334,234 1,297 428,533 834,593 165 215,748 1,115,913
Dec 24 2,895 337,129 1,006 429,539 838,096 192 215,940
Dec 25 1,402 338,531 406 429,945 838,502 157 216,097
Dec 26 1,420 339,951 250 430,195 838,732 173 216,270
Dec 27 1,258 341,209 823 431,018 839,605 190 216,460
Dec 28 1,972 343,181 2,889 433,907 842,495 353 216,813
Dec 29 3,716 346,897 1,777 435,684 844,272 243 217,056
Dec 30 3,880 350,777 1,584 437,268 846,189 207 217,263
Dec 31 3,438 354,215 716 437,984 846,905 107 217,370

Source

Worldometers.info. Coronavirus. Countries. United States
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

 
U.S. COVID-19 Deaths by State (2020)

(Average U.S. COVID 19 death rate in 2020 was 1,070 deaths per 1 million population)
(We highlight in yellow those 17 States and DC with an above average death rate)

State Deaths Deaths per State Deaths Deaths per 1M pop. 1M pop.

Alabama 4,406 984 Nebraska 1,651 853
Alaska 205 280 Nevada 3,125 1,015
Arizona 8,864 1,218 New Hampshire 759 558
Arkansas 3,676 1,218 New Jersey 19,191 2,161
California 25,967 657 New Mexico 2,477 1,181
Colorado 4,814 836 New York 38,007 1,954
Connecticut 5,995 1,681 North Carolina 6,784 643
Delaware 926 951 North Dakota 1,292 1,695
District of Columbia 786 1,114 Ohio 8,962 767
Florida 21,673 1,009 Oklahoma 2,489 629
Georgia 10,954 1,030 Oregon 1,477 350
Hawaii 288 203 Pennsylvania 16,073 1,256
Idaho 1,436 804 Rhode Island 1,777 1,677
Illinois 17,978 1,419 South Carolina 5,296 1,029
Indiana 8,263 1,227 South Dakota 1,488 1,682
Iowa 3,891 1,233 Tennessee 6,907 1,011
Kansas 2,471 941 Texas 28,227 973
Kentucky 2,623 587 Utah 1,269 396
Louisiana 7,488 1,611 Vermont 136 218
Maine 347 258 Virginia 5,032 590
Maryland 5,895 975 Washington 3,564 468
Massachusetts 12,423 2,802 West Virginia 1,338 747
Michigan 13,018 1,304 Wisconsin 4,859 835
Minnesota 5,382 954 Wyoming 438 757
Mississippi 4,787 1,608 Puerto Rico 1,503 444
Missouri 6,010 979 Guam 122
Montana 961 899 US Virgin Islands 23

–10 Reuters. “Nine-year-old succumbs; death toll from Houston concert…rises to 10.” 11-15-2021.

Narrative Information

Nov 6: “Houston authorities are investigating what officials described as a crowd surge that killed at least eight people and injured scores of others, turning the Astroworld Festival into one of the worst musical concert tragedies in U.S. history.

“Officials declared a “mass casualty incident” at 9:38 p.m. Friday local time during the festival at NRG Park, where an estimated 50,000 people were in attendance, Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters during an overnight news briefing.

“Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a Saturday news conference there were 25 people transported to the hospital, and 13 are still hospitalized. A 10-year-old is in critical condition, officials said. There were scores of other injuries, Peña said. At least 11 suffered cardiac arrest, he added. The victims who died ranged in age from 14 to 27, Turner said. One person’s age was unknown….

“The surge began around the time that rapper Travis Scott, a festival headliner, took the stage. “The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” said Peña. “People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.”….” (USA Today. “Officials: 8 dead, including teens; ‘scores’ injured at concert during Astroworld Festival in Texas.” 11-6-2021.)

Nov 11: “HOUSTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – The death toll in the Astroworld Festival stampede rose to nine with the death of a 22-year-old Texas college student late on Wednesday, according to a lawyer for the family….A 9-year-old boy remains hospitalized in critical condition, police have said.

“Bharti Shahani, a Texas A&M University computer science student, died from “horrific injuries” sustained at the rap concert, James Lassiter, a lawyer for the family, said on Thursday. She attended the concert with her sister and cousin who survived….

“Mohit Bellani, Shahani’s cousin who also attended the performance, said barricades hemmed in attendees and prevented them from escaping the crushing stampede….

“Authorities informed the promoter during Scott’s performance that cardiopulmonary resuscitation was under way on one or more attendees and asked for the concert to be halted….” (Reuters. “Texas concert death toll rises as 22-year-old student succumbs to injuries.” 11-11-2021.)

Nov 14: “Nov 14 (Reuters) – An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Sunday. The death of Ezra Blount brought the total number of those killed during a stampede at last week’s Astroworld Festival to ten, ranging in age from 9 to 27….” (

Sources

Reuters. “Nine-year-old succumbs; death toll from Houston concert stampede rises to 10.” 11-15-2021. Accessed 11-16-2021 at: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/nine-year-old-succumbs-death-toll-houston-concert-stampede-rises-10-2021-11-15/

Reuters (Erwin Seba). “Texas concert death toll rises as 22-year-old student succumbs to injuries.” 11-11-2021. Accessed 11-16-2021 at: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/astroworld-festival-death-toll-rises-with-22-year-old-texas-student-succumbing-2021-11-11/

USA Today. “Officials: 8 dead, including teens; ‘scores’ injured at concert during Astroworld Festival in Texas.” 11-6-2021. Accessed 11-16-2021 at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/06/travis-scott-concert-multiple-deaths-crowd-surge-texas-festival/6315736001/

— 95 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Ida.” 9-28-2021. (We do not show as tally; cannot confirm.)
— 2 Alabama
— 1 Connecticut
–33 Louisiana
— 2 Maryland
— 3 Mississippi
–30 New Jersey
–18 New York
— 5 Pennsylvania
— 1 Virginia
— 91 Blanchard tally from State and locality breakouts below. (Three others missing in NJ.)
— 2 Alabama
— 1 Connecticut
— 29 Louisiana
— 1 Maryland
— 3 Mississippi
— 31 New Jersey (includes Donna Lomagro was seen being swept away Sep 1).
— 18 New York (our count is 19; press accounts are at 18).
— 5 Pennsylvania
— 1 Virginia
— 84 ABC News. “Ida’s toll continues: 2 more bodies recovered in New Jersey…” 9-11-2021.
— 82 CBS News (Sophie Reardon). “Hurricane Ida death toll jumps to 82.” 9-8-2021.
–26 Louisiana
— 4 Southeast
–52 Northeast

Summary of Fatalities by State
(Detailed breakouts can be found below.)
Gulf Coast: 34

Alabama 2
Louisiana 29
Mississippi 3

Northeast: 57 High range includes one missing person in NJ as of 9-10-2021 pm.

Connecticut 1
Maryland 1
New Jersey 31 Range has to do with Donna Lomagro, missing since Sep 1.
New York 18 Media note 18 deaths; we show what appears to be 19.
Pennsylvania 5
Virginia 1

Grand Total: 91
Cause of Death Summary
(Detailed cause of death breakouts can be found after State Breakout Section.)

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ( 6)
Drownings, all types – outside, indoors, vehicular, one not clarified. ( 55)
Drowning, Outside ( 5)
Drowning, Residential (homes and apartments) (20)
Drowning, Vehicular-Related (29)
Drowning, type not noted ( 1)
Electrocution (three reported as drowning or electrocution in basements) (3-6)
Excessive Heat during power outage ( 13)
Fall, Recovery phase (from roof while repairing storm damage) ( 1)
Highway Collapse due to extreme rainfall in the wake of Hurricane Ida ( 3)
Medical Equipment (oxygen machine) and power outage related ( 1)
Tree Fall ( 2)
Not Specified (Five were nursing home evacuees; deaths ruled “storm-related” ( 6)

Breakout of Hurricane Ida Direct & Indirect Fatalities by State and Locality (when noted)

Gulf Coast:

Alabama 2
–2 Adger, Jefferson County, Aug 31. Electrical workers, Pike Electric Co.

Louisiana 29
— 33 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Ida.” 9-28-2021. (As of Sep 14 LA gov. has confirmed 29 deaths.)
–12 direct [Reviewed all sources cited; fail to see how they indicate 33 deaths.
–21 indirect
— 29 Blanchard tally of Parish breakouts below.
— 29 WDSU 6, New Orleans. “1 death in St. Tammany Parish brings Ida’s toll to 29.” 9-14-2021.
— 28 Associated Press. “2 more deaths from heat attributed to Ida in Louisiana.” 9-13-2021.
— 26 Louisiana Dept. of Health. “LDH: Hurricane Ida storm-related death toll rises to 26.” 9-8-2021.
— 20 CNN (R. Riess). “Ida death toll in the Gulf region rises to at least 22 [2 in MS].” 9-7-2021.
— 15 NOLA.com. “Two more Hurricane Ida-related deaths reported…death toll…15.” 9-7-2021.
— 13 Louisiana Dept. of Health. 9-5-2021 Twitter note on heat exhaustion death of male, 74.
— 10 KATC3, Acadiana’s News Channel. “Louisiana death toll from Ida reaches 10.” 9-3-2021.
–1 Ascension Parish. Tree fall.
–4 Jefferson Parish.
–1 Drowning –3 Carbon monoxide poisoning.
–1 Orleans Parish. Male drowned attempting to drive though floodwater.
–1 St John the Baptist. Carbon monoxide poisoning; inside home generator; male 59.
–3 Tangipahoa Parish warehouse “shelter” for 800+ nursing home/assisted care residents.
— 10 LA Dept. of Health. “LDH: Hurricane Ida storm-related death toll rises to 10.” 9-3-2021.
–1 Ascension Parish. Tree fall on a house; male, 60.
–3 Jefferson Parish. CO poisoning; male, 17, female, 23, female, 54.
–1 Jefferson Parish. Drowning in floodwater; female, 65.
–1 Orleans Parish. Drowning due to driving through floodwater, male, age unknown.
–1 St. John Parish. Carbon monoxide poisoning; male, 59.
–3 Tangipahoa Parish. Relocated nursing home residents; Female, 59, males 52 & 77.
Breakout of Hurricane Ida Fatalities by Parish:
— 1 Ascension Parish, Aug 29. Tree fall on house; male, 60. [Prairieville residence. ]
— 2 East Baton Rouge Parish, “Baton Rouge area.” Excessive heat during an extended power outage.
–1 Male, 69, Sep 6. –1 Female, 85.
— 4 Jefferson Parish.
–3 Carbon monoxide poisoning.
–3 Marrero. Residence; mother/Demetrice Johnson, 54, girl, 23, and boy, 17.
–1 Lafitte area. Drowning in floodwater; Emily Boffone, 65, in her home.
–13 Orleans Parish:
–1 New Orleans. CO poisoning; Hasan Amli, 24, Uptown Freret St. vape shop.
–1 ~I-10 and West End Blvd., Aug 30. Drowning driving into floodwater; James Hill, 25.
–1 Sep 4. Heat exhaustion; male, 74, during power outage. (Orleans Parish Coroner.)
–1 Sep 8. Male, 64; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male, 64; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male, 65; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male, 68; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male, 73; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Female, 70; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male,79; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Female, 65; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Female, 74; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 8. Male, 44; carbon monoxide poisoning. LDH, 9-8-2021.
— 1 St. James Parish. Backyard shed falls on top of man, according to the sheriff.
[Highlighted in yellow to denote we do not include in that LA DH does not in Sep 8 list.]
— 1 St John the Baptist. Carbon monoxide poisoning; generator inside home; male 59.
— 3 St Tammany Parish:
–1 Slidell. Male, 71, walking in floodwaters, attacked by alligator.
[Highlighted in yellow to denote we do not include in that LA DH does not in Sep 8 list.]
–1 Sep 7. Blunt force trauma; man, 68, falls off roof while making repairs.
–1 Sep 7. Power outage; male, 71, dies from lack of O2 from oxygen machine.
–1 Reported Sep 14. Male, 79. Excessive heat during an extended power outage.
— 5 Tangipahoa Parish [Independence]. Nursing home residents moved to warehouse shelter.
–1 Sep 1. Female, 59, from Jefferson Parish.
–1 Sep 1, Male, 77, from Orleans Parish. “LDH…Ida…death toll rises to 26.” 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 1. Male, 52, from Terrebonne Parish. LDH. “…Ida…death toll rises to 26.” 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 3. Male, 61, from Jefferson Parish. “LDH…Ida…death toll rises to 26.” 9-8-2021.
–1 Sep 4. Male, 84, from Tangipahoa Parish. “LDH…Ida…death toll rises to 26.” 9-8-2021.

Mississippi 3
–2 Lucedale area (west). Hwy. 26 collapse due to extreme rainfall in wake of Ida; 7 vehicles.
–1 Jerry Lee, 42, of Lucedale.
–1 Victim not identified until notification of next of kin.
–1 Amanda Williams of Wiggins, died Sep 11 in hospital from injuries.

Northeast:

Connecticut 1
–1 Woodbury, Sep 1. CT State trooper after his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters.

Maryland 1
–2 Wikipedia. “Hurricane Ida.” 9-9-2021. (Sources cited do not support two deaths.)
–1 Rockville, Sep 1. Apartment building flooding, Twinbrook Parkway; male, 19.

New Jersey 31 (At least one person still missing as of Sep 14.)
–30-31 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below (the range has to do with two missing).
— 30 Bloomberg Green. “N.J. Death Toll Rises to 30 after Flooding from Hurricane Ida.” 9-13-2021.
— 29 ABC News. “Ida’s toll continues: 2 more bodies recovered in New Jersey…” 9-11-2021.
— 27 Insider NJ. “Murphy Provides Update on Preliminary Fatalities…Trop. Storm Ida.” 9-6-2021.
–1 Bergen County.
–4 Essex County (plus one other person still missing).
–6 Hunterdon County.
–2 Mercer County.
–3 Middlesex County.
–1 Passaic County (plus three other persons still missing).
–5 Somerset County.
–5 Union County.
— 27 NJ.com. “Ida’s H.J. death toll rises to 27, among deadliest in state history.” 9-4-2021.
— 27 Reuters (Goldberg). “‘Human toll was tremendous’: Ida’s death count rises…” 9-5-2021.
— 25 (Plus 6 missing.) ABC News. “Ida updates: Almost 50 dead in Northeast…” 9-3-2021.
— 25 NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. “Death toll from Ida climbs to 25 in N.J. with 6…missing…” 9-3-2021.
–1 Bergen (Governor’s Office release cited as source for all counties noted.)
–4 Essex
–6 Hunterdon
–1 Mercer
–3 Middlesex
–1 Passaic
–4 Somerset
–5 Union
–6 No locale noted for another six missing people.
— 25 NYT. “As Ida Deaths Rise, N.Y. Leaders Look Toward Future Storms.” 9-4-2021.
–5 Essex County
–6 Hunterdon County
–4 Somerset County
–5 Union County
–6 Missing, no locations given.
Breakout of New Jersey Hurricane Ida fatalities by county and locality where noted.
— 1 Bergen County. No details, but source cited is NJ Governor’s office. [Problematical]
— 4 Essex County. (Two deaths are location/cause specific; two are not.
–1 Bloomfield. Electrocuted plugging in a generator outside home; Aventino Soares, 58.
–2 Irvington, Sep 1. Electrocuted or drowned in home basement, Mcgee father/daughter.
–1 Maplewood. Patrick A Jeffrey, 55, swept away by flood water clearing drain.
— 6 Hunterdon County.
–5 Drownings; people in vehicles in flood water (Director of Public Safety).
–1 Milford, Sep 1. Barry Snyder/PA, 68, pickup buried up to its hood in dirt/rocks.
–3 Raritan Township, near the Neshanic Creek, a Raritan River tributary.
–1 Suzan Hanna, 30, of Bridgewater. (NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.)
–1 Preston Moody, 68 of Drexel Hill, PA. (NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.)
–1 Jake John Taylor, 25, of Flemington. (NJ Advance Media for NJ.com.)
–1 Mark A. Pavol, 53, Ringoes sect., of East Amwell. Drowning or heart attack?
Reportedly died after he “helped three women in the rising flood waters.”
–1 Harold Koberlein, 77, of Telford, PA. “ “
— 2 Mercer County. (Both were of “people trapped in vehicles.”)
–1 Hopewell Township. Flash flooding; vehicular, person found dead late Sep 1.
–1 Hopewell Township. Flash flooding; body recovered from submerged vehicle Sep 2.
— 3 Middlesex Co. MyCentralJersey.com. “Ida death toll in Central Jersey climbs to 18…” 9-3-2021.
–1 Piscataway, Cedar Woods Condominiums/Possumtown Rd.; man walking home along River Rd.
–1 South Plainfield. Dhanush Reddy, 31 swept into 36-inch storm sewer pipe, according to Mayor.
–1 Woodbridge, Iselin section; Drowning while walking home; Mrs. Sunanda Upadhye, 56.
— 4 Passaic County (one missing).
–1 Little Falls. Donna Lomagro; car flooded; missing since the night of the flooding.
–1 Passaic, Sep 1. Car submerged by floodwater; Luis Jalil-Solarzario, 70.
–2 Drowned; swept away Sep 1; Seton Hall student Nidhi Rana and friend Agush Rana.
–1 Nidhi Rana, 18, Seton Hall University student.
–1 Ayush Rana, 21; friend of Nidhi, Montclair State University.
— 5 Somerset County. Motorist drownings. Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.
–3 Bridgewater Township. Blanchard tally from locale breakouts below.
–1 Bound Brook, Middle Creek, Route 22. Vehicular drowning; Malathu Kanche.
–2 Peter’s Brook at Somerset Corp. Blvd. ~Rt 22, Sep 1. Vehicular drownings.
–1 Hongxia Li, of Bridgewater.
–1 Ping Fang, of Somerville.
–2 Hillsborough, Sep 1. Trapped in vehicles by floodwater.
–1 Route 206 near the Montgomery border; Charyl Talke, 61.
–1 Amwell Road near North Willow; Daphne Francisca Lopez Del Bono, 30.
— 5 Union County.
–1 5 Points area, Union Twp. Stranded car; body of male, 83, found floating, Chestnut St.
–4 Elizabeth, Irvington Ave., Sep 1. Garden-level apartments in flooded apartment complex.
–1 Rosa Espinal, 72;
–1 Jose Torres, 71, her husband;
–1 Jose Torres, 38, their son and
–1 Skakia Garrett, female neighbor, 33.

New York 18
— 18 Blanchard tally based on locality breakouts below.
— 18 CNN. “A mother, father…son drowned after…a dozen feet of rain drenched their apartment.” 9-4-2021.
— >18 New York Intelligencer. “Ida Death Toll Rises to 45 in New York Area.” 9-6-2021.
— >17 CBS Evening News. “Death toll from Ida increases to 68 as many remain without power.” 9-5-2021.
— 17 NBC News. “Death toll rises to 49 after Ida batters East Coast.” 9-3-2021.
Locales, where noted:
— 1 Brooklyn, Cypress Hills. Flooded apartment; Roberto Bravo, 66.
— 3 Queens, Flushing, Peck Avenue. Bodies discovered in home basement Sep 2.
— 1 Queens, Forest Hills, Sep 1. Flooded apartment; Darlene Hsu, 48.
— 1 Queens, Glendale, Sep 1. Female, 86, in flooded apartment.
— 2 Queens, Hollis, Sep 1. Partially collapsed building; female, 43, and son, 22.
— 3 Queens, Woodside, Sep 1. Flooded home basement; male, 50; woman, 48, 2-year-old boy.
— 1 Queens, Grand Central Parkway, on Exit 5. Car explodes into flame after being rear-ended.
— 7 Westchester County. Blanchard tally.
— 6 Westchester County. ABC7NY Eyewitness News. “6th Ida death in Westchester…” 9-6-2021.
–>5 New York Intelligencer. “Ida Death Toll Rises to 45 in New York Area.” 9-6-2021.
–1 Elmsford, Saw Mill River Parkway. Car submerged in water; Samuel Weissmandl, 69.
–1 Mount Vernon. Found dead in his flooded car morning of Sep 2; Alan Dorsainvil, 33.
–2 Purchase village, Harrison. Vehicular; Fran and Ken Bailie, Iona College faculty.
–2 Rye Brook area, Blind Brook Creek. Vehicular; husband and wife swept away.
–1 Tappan Zee Bridge area, Sep 1. Rabbi Weissmandl, trapped by floodwaters in vehicle.

Pennsylvania 5 (Additionally, three PA residents died in New Jersey).
— 5 Blanchard tally of four specific deaths and media reports of five deaths.
–>5 AP. “Death Toll Tops 40 After Ida’s Remnants…” U.S. News & World Report. 9-2-2021.
PA County breakouts.
— 1 Bucks County.
–1 Milford Twp., Unami Creek, Sep 1. Drowning, car driven into floodwater; Donald Bauer, 65.
— 1 Chester Co., Downingtown, Marsh Creek, Sep 1. Drowning/vehicle swept away, Michael Nastase, 51.
— 3 Montgomery County.
–1 Bridgeport. Drowning or electrocution, home basement; Jack Caroluzzi, 65.
–1 Fort Washington, Upper Dublin Twp. Tree fall onto home; Maxine Weinstein, 68.
–1 Skippack Township. Drowning in a car. Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville.
Pennsylvania residents who drowned in New Jersey:
–1 Milford, Sep 1. Barry Snyder, Upper Black Eddy PA, 68, pickup buried up to its hood in dirt/rocks.
–1 Preston Moody, 68 of Drexel Hill, PA. (NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. 9-3-2021.)
–1 Harold Koberlein, 77, of Telford, PA. (NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. 9-3-2021.)

Virginia >1
–>1 Buchanan County, Guesses Fork area of Hurley, western VA. Drowning.

Cause of Death Breakout

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ( 6)
–3 LA, Jefferson Parish, Marrero. Home; mother/Demetrice Johnson, 54, girl, 23, and boy, 17.
–1 LA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans. Hasan Amli, 24, Uptown Freret St. vape shop.
–1 LA, Orleans Parish, Sep 8. Male, 44; carbon monoxide poisoning. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, St John the Baptist. Carbon monoxide poisoning; generator inside home; male 59.

Drownings, all types – outside, indoors, vehicular, one not clarified. (55)

Drowning, Outside ( 5)
–1 NJ, Essex Co., Maplewood. Patrick A Jeffrey, 55, swept away by flood water clearing drain.
–1 NJ, Hunterdon Co., East Amwell. Drowning or heart attack? Mark A. Pavol, 53.
Reportedly died after he “helped three women in the rising flood waters.”
–1 NJ, Middlesex Co., Piscataway, Cedar Woods Condominiums; man walking home along River Rd.
–1 NJ, Middlesex Co., South Plainfield. Dhanush Reddy, 31 swept into storm sewer pipe.
–1 NJ, Middlesex Co., Woodbridge, Iselin sect.; Drowned walking home; Mrs. Sunanda Upadhye, 56.

Drowning, Residential (homes and apartments) (20)
–1 LA, Jefferson Parish, Lafitte area. Drowning in floodwater; Emily Boffone, 65, in her home.
–1 MD, Rockville, Sep 1. Apartment building flooding, Twinbrook Parkway; male, 19.
–2 NJ, Essex Co., Irvington, Sep 1. Electrocuted or drowned in home basement, father/daughter.
[Wife/mother thought they were electrocuted. Were retrieved from flooded basement.]
–4 NJ, Union Co., Elizabeth, Irvington Ave., Sep 1. Garden-level apts., flooded apartment complex.
(Rosa Espinal, 72; husband Jose Torres, 71; son Jose Torres, 38, and Skakia Garrett, 33.)
–1 NY, Brooklyn, Cypress Hills. Flooded apartment; Roberto Bravo, 66.
–3 NY, Queens, Flushing, Peck Avenue. Bodies discovered in home basement Sep 2.
–1 NY, Queens, Forest Hills, Sep 1. Flooded apartment; Darlene Hsu, 48.
–1 NY, Queens, Glendale, Sep 1. Female, 86, in flooded apartment.
–2 NY, Queens, Hollis, Sep 1. Partially collapsed building; female, 43, and son, 22.
–3 NY, Queens, Woodside, Sep 1. Flooded home basement; male, 50; woman, 48, 2-year-old boy.
–1 PA Montgomery Co., Bridgeport. Drowning or electrocution, home basement; Jack Caroluzzi, 65.
[Double listed under electrocution, since we do not know exact cause of death.]

Drowning, Vehicular-Related (29)
–1 CT, Woodbury, Sep 1. CT State trooper after his vehicle was swept away by floodwaters.
–1 LA, New Orleans ~I-10 and West End Blvd., Aug 30. Drove into floodwater; James Hill, 25.
–5 NJ, Hunterdon Co. Drownings; people in vehicles in flood water (Director of Public Safety).
–1 NJ, Mercer Co., Hopewell Township. Vehicular drowning, person found dead late Sep 1.
–1 NJ, Mercer Co., Hopewell Township. Body recovered from submerged vehicle Sep 2.
–1 NJ, Passaic Co., Little Falls. Donna Lomagro; car flooded; missing since Sep 1 (as of Oct 5).
–1 NJ, Passaic Co., Passaic, Sep 1. Car submerged by floodwater; Luis Jalil-Solarzario, 70.
–1 NJ, Passaic Co., Passaic, Sep 1. Nidhi Rana, 18, Seton Hall University student.
–1 NJ, Passaic Co., Passaic, Sep 1. Ayush Rana, 21; friend of Nidhi, Montclair State University.
–1 NJ, Somerset Co., Bound Brook, Middle Creek, Rt. 22. Vehicular drowning; Malathu Kanche.
–1 NJ, Somerset Co., Hillsborough, Sep 1. Rt. 206 near Montgomery border; Charyl Talke, 61.
–1 NJ, Somerset Co., Hillsborough, Amwell Rd. ~No. Willow; Daphne Francisca Lopez Del Bono, 30.
–2 NJ, Somerset Co., Peter’s Brook at Somerset Corp. Blvd. ~Rt 22, Sep 1. Vehicular drownings.
Hongxia Li, of Bridgewater and Ping Fang, of Somerville.
–1 NJ, Union Co., 5 Points area, Union Twp. Stranded car; male, 83, found floating, Chestnut St.
–1 NY, Westchester Co., Elmsford, Saw Mill Riv. Pkwy. Car submerged; Samuel Weissmandl, 69.
–1 NY, Westchester Co., Mount Vernon. Found in flooded car Sep 2 a.m.; Alan Dorsainvil, 33.
–2 NY, Westchester Co., Purchase village, Harrison. Vehicular; Fran and Ken Bailie.
–2 NY, Westchester Co., Rye Brook area, Blind Brook Creek. Vehicular; husband/wife swept away.
–1 NY, Westchester Co., Tappan Zee Bridge area, Sep 1. Vehicle trapped by water; Rabbi Weissmandl.
–1 PA, Bucks Co., Milford Twp., Unami Creek, Sep 1. Drowning; car driven into water; Donald Bauer, 65.
–1 PA, Chester Co., Downingtown, Marsh Creek, Sep 1. Drowning/vehicle swept away, Michael Nastase, 51.
–1 PA, Montgomery Co., Skippack Twp. Drowning in car. Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville.

Drowning, type not noted ( 1)
–1 VA Buchanan County, Guesses Fork area of Hurley, western VA. Drowning.

Electrocution (3-6)
–2 AL, Adger, Jefferson County, Aug 31. Electrical workers, Pike Electric Company.
–1 NJ, Essex County, Bloomfield. Man, 58, electrocuted plugging in a generator outside home.
–2 NJ, Essex Co., Irvington, Sep 1. Electrocuted or drowned in home basement, father/daughter.
[Wife/mother thought they were electrocuted. Were retrieved from flooded basement.]
–1 PA Montgomery Co., Bridgeport. Drowning or electrocution, home basement; Jack Caroluzzi, 65.
[Double listed under drowning, since we do not know exact cause of death.]

Excessive Heat during power outage (13)
–2 LA, East Baton Rouge Parish; Male, 69, Sep 6; Female, 85.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 4. Heat exhaustion; male, 74, during power outage. (Orleans coroner.)
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male, 64; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male, 64; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male, 65; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male, 68; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male, 73; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Female, 70; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Male,79; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Female, 65; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, New Orleans, Sep 8. Female, 74; excessive heat, extended power outage. LDH, 9-8-2021.
–1 LA, St. Tammany Parish, reported Sep 14. Male, 79. Excessive heat during extended power outage.

Fall, Recovery phase ( 1)
–1 LA, St. Tammany Parish, Sep 7. Blunt force trauma; man, 68, falls off roof; making repairs.

Highway Collapse due to extreme rainfall in the wake of Hurricane Ida ( 3)
–1 MS, Lucedale. Jerry Lee, 42, of Lucedale.
–1 MS, Lucedale. Victim not identified.
–1 MS, Lucedale. Amanda Williams of Wiggins, died Sep 11 in hospital from injuries.

Medical Equipment and Power Outage Related ( 1)
–1 LA, St. Tammany Parish, Sep 7. Power outage; male, 71; lack of O2 from oxygen machine.

Tree Fall ( 2)
–1 LA, Ascension Parish, Aug 29. Tree fall on house; male, 60. [Prairieville residence.]
–1 PA, Montgomery Co., Fort Washington, Upper Dublin Twp. Treefall on home; Maxine Weinstein, 68.

Not Specified (Five were nursing home residents whose deaths reported as “storm-related”( 6)
–5 LA, Tangipahoa Parish, Independence. Nursing home evacuation site (a warehouse).
–1 Sep 1. Female, 59, from Jefferson Parish. LDH.
–1 Sep 1, Male, 77, from Orleans Parish. LDH.
–1 Sep 1. Male, 52, from Terrebonne Parish. LDH.
–1 Sep 3. Male, 61, from Jefferson Parish. LDH.
–1 Sep 4. Male, 84, from Tangipahoa Parish. LDH.
–1 NJ, Bergen County. No details, but source cited is NJ Governor’s office. (Skeptical)

Narrative Information

Sep 2, AP: “New York (AP) — A stunned U.S. East Coast woke up Thursday to a rising death toll, surging rivers and destruction from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which walloped the region with record-breaking rain days after hitting the Gulf Coast as one of the strongest hurricanes on record to strike the U.S. In a region that hadn’t expected a serious blow from the no-longer-hurricane, the storm killed at least 18 people from Maryland to New York on Wednesday night as basement apartments suddenly filled with water, rivers and creeks swelled to record levels and roadways turned into car-swallowing canals.

“Nine people died in New York City, many when they became trapped in flooded basements, police and Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Four people were found dead in an apartment complex in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the city’s mayor and spokesperson told local media, correcting an earlier report of five.

“Outside Philadelphia, officials reported “multiple fatalities,” saying no additional details were immediately available. A 19-year-old man was killed in the flooding at the Rockville complex early Wednesday, police said.

“In Connecticut, an on-duty state trooper and his cruiser were swept away in flood waters Thursday morning in Woodbury, and the trooper was taken to a hospital, state police and local authorities said.

“Deborah Torres, who lives on the first floor of a building where three people died in a basement apartment in New York City’s Queens borough, said water rapidly filled her own apartment to her knees. The landlord frantically urged her neighbors below to get out, she said. ‘The water pressure was so fast and strong, so I think they couldn’t open the door either way because this is like a pool,’ she said. ‘I don’t know how that happened. It was so fast.’

“The ferocious storm also spawned tornadoes, including one that ripped apart homes and toppled silos in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, south of Philadelphia.

“Water from record rainfall cascaded into New York City subway tunnels, trapping at least 17 trains and forcing the cancelation of service throughout the night and early morning. Videos online showed riders standing on seats in cars filled with water. All riders were evacuated safely, officials said….

“The National Weather Service recorded 3.15 inches (8.91 centimeters) of rain in Central Park in one hour Wednesday night, far surpassing the previous recorded high of 1.94 inches (4.92 centimeters) that fell in one hour during Henri on Aug. 21. Scientists have warned such weather extremes will be more common with man-made global warming.

“Major flooding along the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania swamped highways, submerged cars and disrupted rail service in the Philadelphia area. In a tweet, city officials predicted “historic flooding” on Thursday [Sep 2] as river levels continue to rise. The riverside community of Manayunk remained largely under water….

“Among the other deaths reported in New York City, a 48-year-old woman and a 66-year-old man died after being found at separate residences, and a 43-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man both died after being found inside a home. Causes of death and identifications were pending….

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NJ.com (Jeff Goldman/NJ Advance Media for NJ.com). “Ida death total in N.J. climbs to 30, Murphy says.” 9-13-2021. Accessed 9-14-2021 at: https://www.nj.com/weather/2021/09/ida-death-total-in-nj-climbs-to-30-murphy-says.html

NJ.com (Larry Higgs). “Ida’s N.J. death toll rises to 27, among deadliest in state history.” 9-4-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.nj.com/news/2021/09/idas-nj-death-toll-rises-to-27-among-deadliest-in-state-history.html

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NJ.com. “N.J. man who died after Ida was electrocuted plugging in generator, police say.” 9-4-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.nj.com/essex/2021/09/nj-man-who-died-after-ida-passed-through-was-electrocuted-plugging-in-generator-police-say.html

NJ.com. “N.J. father of 2 drowned in Ida, trying to clear storm drain in neighborhood he loved.” 9-18-2021. Accessed 9-18-2021 at: https://www.nj.com/news/2021/09/nj-father-of-2-drowned-in-ida-trying-to-clear-storm-drains-in-neighborhood-he-loved.html

NOLA.com (Ramon Antonio Vargas). “Frightening surge in carbon monoxide poisonings after Hurricane Ida: Generators ‘can kill’.” 9-1-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_cd8ec726-0b4e-11ec-b63c-1f17f06eee67.html

NOLA.com (Ramon Antonio Vargas). “‘Heart-wrenching and terrible’: 65-year-old drowned in Hurricane Ida’s floodwaters in Lafitte.” 8-31-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_866e532a-0a9a-11ec-bcd6-53655a30cab4.html

NOLA.com (Liam Pierce). “Two more Hurricane Ida-related deaths reported in Louisiana, bringing death toll to 15.” 9-7-2021. Accessed 9-7-2021 at: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_af971190-1005-11ec-80c5-ab9bfd50aff7.html

NOLA.com. “Uptown vape shop owner, tree-cutter from Metairie died amid Hurricane Ida in New Orleans. Coroner released names of two who died in the city as Ida swept through the area. (Ramon Antonio Vargas). 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_c37f68fa-0ceb-11ec-806e-97352b7d8a8e.html

NorthJersey.com (Matt Fagan and Nicholas Katzban). “Friends and family await word of pair swept away by Ida floodwaters in Passaic.” 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/passaic-city/2021/09/03/nidhi-rana-ayush-rana-remain-missing-passaic-after-ida-flooding/5712198001/

Northjersey.com (Dustin Racioppi, Trenton Bureau). “Hurricane Ida one of the deadliest storms to hit New Jersey.” 9-2-2021. Accessed 9-2-2021 at: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2021/09/02/storm-ida-2021-deadliest-storms-hit-new-jersey/5704497001/

NorthJersey.com (Kaitlyn Kanzler). “Ida death toll in NJ rises to 25: What to know and updates in days after brutal storm.” 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2021/09/03/ida-nj-deaths-damage-flooding-hurricane-updates/5710535001/

NorthJersey.com (Nicholas Katzban and Matt Fagan). “Nidhi Rana, Ayush Rana ID’d as bodies found in Passaic River after Ida.” 9-10-2021. Accessed 9-10-2021 at: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/passaic-city/2021/09/10/nidhi-rana-ayush-rana-passaic-nj-identified-missing-ida/8278801002/

Philadelphia Inquirer (Jason Nark, Ellie Rushing, Vinny Vella and Justine McDaniel). “A mother, a bus driver, an optician: Glimpses of the people killed by Ida’s wrath.” 9-4-2021. Accessed 9-10-2021 at: https://www.inquirer.com/news/ida-deaths-storm-philadelphia-montgomery-20210904.html

PIX11 (Aliza Chasan), NY. “Contractor finds remains of woman swept away by Ida under Westchester bridge.” 9-6-2021. Accessed 9-6-2021 at: https://pix11.com/news/local-news/northern-suburbs/contractor-finds-remains-of-woman-swept-away-by-ida-under-westchester-bridge/

Reuters. “Biden to visit Louisiana to see Hurricane Ida damage, New Jersey death toll rises.” 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-visit-hard-hit-louisiana-see-damage-hurricane-ida-2021-09-03/

Reuters (Barbara Goldberg). “‘Human toll was tremendous’: Ida’s death count rises while 600,000 still lack power.” 9-5-2021. Accessed 9-5-2021 at: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hurricane-ida-death-toll-us-northeast-rises-least-50-victims-2021-09-05/

Reuters (Barbara Goldberg and Nathan Layne). “Ida’s record rain floods New York-area homes, subways; at least 44 dead.” 9-2-2021. Accessed 9-2-2021 at: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-city-mayor-declares-state-emergency-after-record-breaking-rain-2021-09-02/

Shore News Network. “Body Pulled From Passaic River Feared To Be One Of Two Missing Since Ida.” 9-9-2021. Accessed 9-9-2021 at: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2021/09/09/body-pulled-from-passaic-river-feared-to-be-one-of-two-missing-since-ida/

Tap into the Breeze (Audrey Blumberg), Bridgewater and Raritan’s News. “Body of Missing Raritan Woman Found in the Middle Brook, Two Other Flood Victims Named.” 9-4-2021. Accessed 9-4-2021 at: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/bridgewater-slash-raritan/sections/police-and-fire/articles/body-of-missing-raritan-woman-found-in-the-middle-brook-two-other-flood-victims-named

The Advocate, Baton Rouge. “Another confirmed Hurricane Ida death: St. James Parish man killed when his shed collapsed.” 9-1-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/weather_traffic/article_2142a14c-0b65-11ec-960d-7f9908d6c737.html

The Weather Channel. “Hurricane Ida Wrecks Havoc Across Northeastern US; Death Toll Rises to 38 in New York and New Jersey.” 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://weather.com/en-IN/india/news/news/2021-09-03-hurricane-ida-wreaks-havoc-across-northeastern-us-death-toll-rises-to-38

USA Today (Jorge L. Ortiz and John Bacon). “Millions swelter without power in Louisiana heat in Ida’s aftermath; Gov. Edwards warns: ‘Now is really the most dangerous time.’” 8-31-2021. Accessed 9-2-2021 at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/31/hurricane-ida-aftermath-death-toll-reaches-4-millions-without-power/5661537001/

USA Today. “‘We’re not out of this yet’: At least 46 dead after flooding overwhelms NYC, Northeast.” 9-3-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/09/02/deadly-flooding-new-york-new-jersey-hurricane-ida-louisiana/5692877001/

Washington Post. “Ida’s death toll reaches 4; officials urge those who evacuated not to return.” 8-31-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/31/hurricane-ida-damage-live-updates/

WDSU News 6, New Orleans. “1 death in St. Tammany Parish brings Ida’s toll to 29.” 9-14-2021. Accessed 9-14-2021 at: https://www.wdsu.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-death-toll-28/37579406#

WDSU News 6, New Orleans. “Three people in Jefferson Parish die from carbon monoxide poisoning.” 9-2-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.wdsu.com/article/jefferson-parish-carbon-monoxide-death-ida/37467772

WFMZ-TV 69 News (Priscilla Liguori and Sara Madonna), Lehigh Valley/Berks County. “Five dead, over 300 rescued after Ida remnants flood Hunterdon County, N.J.” 9-2-2021. Accessed 9-3-2021 at: https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/western-newjersey/five-dead-over-300-rescued-after-ida-remnants-flood-hunterdon-county-n-j/article_88b02c52-0c26-11ec-ba68-1b31c736c2a5.html

Wikipedia. “Hurricane Ida.” 9-8-2021. Accessed 9-8-2021 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ida

–13 ABC News. “What we know about US service members killed in Kabul airport attack.” 8-28-2021.
–11 Marines
— 1 Army soldier
— 1 Navy medic
–13 AP. “The Latest: Bomber carried unusually large explosive pack.” Kansas City Star, 8-27-2021.
–13 Reuters. “Pentagon bracing for more attacks after troops killed at Kabul airport.” 8-26-2021.
–13 Reuters. “U.S. on alert for further Kabul attacks…coming days the most dangerous.” 8-27-2021.

Narrative Information

Aug 26, Reuters: “Washington, Aug 26 (Reuters) – American forces in Kabul were bracing for more Islamic State attacks while winding up their evacuation mission, U.S. officials said, as the number of U.S. troops killed in Thursday’s suicide bomb attack rose to 13. A U.S. official told Reuters the number of U.S. personnel killed was likely to rise even higher. More than a dozen were wounded.

“The attack marked the first U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan since February 2020 and represented the deadliest incident for American troops in the country in a decade.

“At least two explosions tore through crowds that had thronged the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport desperate to leave Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power almost two weeks ago ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw American troops after two decades.

“In a statement, Islamic State claimed responsibility and said one of its suicide bombers had targeted ‘translators and collaborators with the American army.’

“Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie, head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, told a news briefing the explosions were followed by gunfight. McKenzie said the threat from Islamic State persists alongside ‘other active threat streams.’ ‘We believe it is their desire to continue these attacks and we expect those attacks to continue – and we’re doing everything we can to be prepared,’ McKenzie said…. McKenzie said he saw nothing that would convince him that Taliban forces had let the attack take place.

“U.S. officials said one bomb detonated near the airport’s Abbey Gate and the other was close to the nearby Baron Hotel.

“A massive airlift of U.S. and other foreign nationals and their families as well as some Afghans has been under way since the day before Taliban forces captured Kabul on Aug. 15, capping a swift advance across the country as American and allied troops withdrew.

“The United States has been racing to carry out the airlift before its military is set to fully withdraw from the country by Aug. 31. McKenzie said the evacuation mission was not going to stop….

“Islamic State militants have emerged in Afghanistan as enemies both of the West and the Taliban. A 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban from power after the group had harbored the al Qaeda militants responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The U.S. military death toll in the Afghanistan war since 2001 stood at roughly 2,500.

“Afghan health officials were quoted as saying 60 civilians died, but it was not clear whether that was a complete count. Video uploaded by Afghan journalists showed dozens of bodies and wounded victims strewn around a canal on the edge of the airport.

“U.S. officials have said there are about 5,200 American troops providing airport security. The attacks came after the United States and allies had urged Afghans to leave the area around the airport because of a threat by Islamic State.

“The U.S. Embassy in Kabul a day earlier had advised Americans to avoid traveling to the airport and said those already at the gates should leave immediately, citing unspecified ‘security threats.’

“The United States and its allies have mounted one of the biggest air evacuations in history, bringing out about 95,700 people, including 13,400 on Wednesday, according to the White House.”

Aug 27, Reuters: “….U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday [27th] after an Islamic State suicide bombing killed at least 92 people, including 13 U.S. service members, just outside Kabul airport….Some U.S. media including the New York Times cited local health officials as saying up to 170 people, not including the U.S. troops, had died in the attack….

“Islamic State (ISIS), an enemy of the Islamist Taliban as well as the West, has claimed responsibility for the attack, which the Pentagon said on Friday was carried out by one suicide bomber at an airport gate, not two as it earlier stated. The Pentagon had said on Thursday a second bomb had exploded at a nearby hotel.

“The number of Afghans killed has risen to 79, a hospital official told Reuters on Friday, adding that more than 120 were wounded. A Taliban official said the dead included 28 Taliban members, although a spokesman later denied any such fighters had been killed….

“Those killed on Thursday included two British nationals and the child of a third British national, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said….” (Reuters. “U.S. on alert for further Kabul attacks, calls coming days the most dangerous.” 8-27-2021.)

Aug 27, AP: “Washington — The suicide bomber who killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members at the Kabul airport carried about 25 pounds of explosives, loaded with shrapnel, a U.S. official said Friday [27th]. The massive amount of explosives and spray of shrapnel created such a large blast that it killed U.S. troops who were inside the airport gate as well as troops and Afghans outside, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss preliminary assessments of the bombing. A more routine suicide bomber will often carry from five to 10 pounds of explosives.

“According to officials, the bomber got to within several yards of the Kabul airport gate, where Afghans were crowded in as part of the ongoing chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan.” (Associated Press. “The Latest: Bomber carried unusually large explosive pack.” Kansas City Star, 8-27-2021.)

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