In the graph that he created above, he computed the excess death rates from coronavirus for the "Johnstown" Counties, the "Halo" Counties, and Pennsylvania overall. Excess death rates compared death rates for last fall and winter to death rates from previous years on the same day. It shows that the Johnstown Counties had higher death rates after the Trump rally on October 13 compared to PA and the "halo" counties.
Johnstown
Counties |
Cases |
Deaths |
Case
mortality |
Population |
Deaths/100000 |
Bedford |
5,045 |
144 |
2.85% |
47,888 |
300.70 |
Blair |
14,126 |
346 |
2.45% |
121,829 |
284.00 |
Cambria
|
15,570 |
449 |
2.88% |
130,192 |
344.88 |
Indiana
|
6,928 |
184 |
2.66% |
84,073 |
218.86 |
Somerset |
6,561 |
220 |
3.35% |
73,447 |
299.54 |
Total
'Johnstown' Counties |
48,230 |
1,343 |
2.78% |
457,429 |
293.60 |
PA |
1,308,284 |
28,325 |
2.17% |
12,801,989 |
221.25 |
Halo
Counties |
Cases |
Deaths |
Case
mortality |
Population |
Deaths/100000 |
Armstrong |
6,434 |
151 |
2.35% |
64,735 |
233.26 |
Centre |
17,766 |
231 |
1.30% |
162,385 |
142.25 |
Clearfield |
9,264 |
166 |
1.79% |
79,255 |
209.45 |
Fayette |
14,231 |
335 |
2.35% |
129,274 |
259.14 |
Franklin |
16,925 |
381 |
2.25% |
155,027 |
245.76 |
Fulton |
1,513 |
18 |
1.19% |
14,530 |
123.88 |
Huntingdon |
5,502 |
137 |
2.49% |
45,144 |
303.47 |
Jefferson |
3,568 |
100 |
2.80% |
43,425 |
230.28 |
Westmoreland |
36,940 |
802 |
2.17% |
348,899 |
229.87 |
Total
‘Halo’ Counties |
112,143 |
2,321 |
2.07% |
1,042,674 |
222.60 |
PA |
1,308,284 |
28,325 |
2.17% |
12,801,989 |
221.25 |