[michaelt]

Sources like [1] put New York at 379 in 100,000 people, or 0.379% making it the 15th worst hit US state.

Bear in mind that even if everyone in the country lived to 100 then died of old age, you'd still have a 1% of people dying every year.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covi... [2] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm