Well, President Trump will point out, a number of states have seen relatively few cases. On Thursday, the administration pointed to the “widespread and expanding community viral spread” in the state with alarm. Yes, Portugal has about 10.3 million people, close to Georgia’s 10.6 million, but the Czech Republic (also known as Czechia) has a neat 10.6 million. Compared with both of those countries, Georgia’s fared worse on both coronavirus cases and deaths from covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Krugman’s tweet prompted me to wonder how each of the 50 states and D.C. compared to similarly sized countries.

Source: Washington Post August 14, 2020 21:11 UTC