Covid-19: Escape From New York

A quick look at just how bad the disaster in New York actually is.
First up, U.S. states ordered by deaths per million residents from Worldometers:

                                                            Deaths                       Deaths per Million

New York	293,991		22,275		240,498	14,985	1,135	805,350	41,051	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
New Jersey	109,038		5,938		101,829	12,277	669	223,062	25,114	[1] [2] [3]
Connecticut	25,269		1,924		23,280	7,055	537	79,811	22,284	[1] [2]
Massachusetts	54,938		2,899		43,921	8,043	424	236,100	34,567	[1] [2]
Louisiana	26,773		1,729		10,117	5,741	371	142,056	30,460	[1] [2]
Michigan	37,778		3,315		26,121	3,794	333	156,010	15,668	[1] [2] [3]
District Of Columbia	3,841		178		3,006	5,611	260	18,068	26,396	[1]
Rhode Island	7,439		226		6,871	7,040	214	53,403	50,542	[1] [2] [3]
USA Total	987,322	+162	55,415	+2	813,126	2,983	167	5,470,555	16,527
Maryland	18,581		910		16,494	3,095	152	96,665	16,102	[1]
Illinois	43,903		1,933		41,364	3,424	151	214,952	16,765	[1] [2] [3] [4]
Pennsylvania	42,708		1,823		40,193	3,339	143	198,593	15,526	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Delaware	4,034		120		3,003	4,249	126	19,249	20,273	[1]
Colorado	13,441		680		12,202	2,430	123	63,274	11,440	[1]
Indiana	15,012		813		14,185	2,262	122	81,708	12,310	[1] [2]
Washington	13,521		749		10,965	1,854	103	175,477	24,057	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Georgia	23,481		916		22,534	2,280	89	122,604	11,906	[1] [2] [3]
Mississippi	5,911		227		5,684	1,978	76	60,788	20,339	[1] [

And for comparison, the countries with the most Total Deaths:
                                                     Deaths                                                     Deaths per million

World	3,011,426	+18,164	207,733	+818	887,982	1,915,711	57,548	386	26.7
USA	987,322	+162	55,415	+2	118,781	813,126	15,143	2,983	167	5,470,555	16,527
Italy	197,675		26,644		64,928	106,103	2,009	3,269	441	1,757,659	29,071
Spain	229,422	+2,793	23,521	+331	120,832	85,069	7,764	4,907	503	1,268,321	27,127
France	162,100		22,856		44,903	94,341	4,682	2,483	350	463,662	7,103
UK	152,840		20,732		N/A	131,764	1,559	2,251	305	669,850	9,867
Belgium	46,687	+553	7,207	+113	10,878	28,602	903	4,028	622	214,042	18,468
Germany	157,946	+176	5,984	+8	114,500	37,462	2,570	1,885	71	2,072,669	24,738
Iran	91,472	+991	5,806	+96	70,933	14,733	3,011	1,089	69	432,329	5,147
China	82,830	+3	4,633	+1	77,474	723	52	58	3
Netherlands	37,845		4,475		N/A	33,120	934	2,209	261	193,950	11,319

If New York were a separate country it would rank #5 in the world. If the NY, NJ, CT area were a country it would rank #1.

And that death rate per million!
What the hell happened?

And about all the press that South Dakota was getting last week?
11 total deaths, rate per million, 13.

Previously:
Covid-19: "Nothing About New York’s Outbreak Was Inevitable"
Covid-19: What the Hell Happened In New York?
"New York State has 10 times the COVID-19 cases California has. Why?"
Corona, Queens Is NYC's Epicenter Of Coronavirus Outbreak
"Two Factoids On The Covid-19 Situation In New York York City"