A new survey released Thursday, May 27, by WalletHub, a personal finance website, ranked Virginia as the 20th safest state in the country during the pandemic.
To find out the safest states during the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across five key metrics: 1) vaccination rate (This metric refers to the share of the population age 12 and older initiating vaccination.) 2) Positive testing rate (This metric refers to the positive COVID-19 testing rate in the state between May 12, 2021, and May 18, 2021.) 3. Hospitalization rate (This metric refers to the COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the state between May 13, 2021, and May 19, 2021.) 4. Death rate (This metric refers to the COVID-19 death rate in the state between May 20, 2021 and May 26, 2021.) 5. Estimated transmission rate (This metric refers to the current COVID-19 reproduction number, which is an estimate of the average number of people to whom an infected person will transmit the COVID-19 virus.)
According to WalletHub’s survey, the 10 safest states during the pandemic so far were Vermont, Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Alaska, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
The survey also found that the 10 most dangerous states during the pandemic so far (from least safest) were West Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Wyoming, Louisiana, Arizona, and Missouri.
