Worldometer indicates that the U.S. has 334 million people, and there have been 50,801,455 cases of COVID-19, or 1 in 6.6 people.  However, the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  estimate that 1 in 3 people in this country has been infected.  How can two sources be so different?  Not only is this difference unexplained, but the CDC said that they estimate the actual number of cases is three times the official count.  If you divide 3 into 6.6, this number is 2.2 times, not 3, so now I'm doubly confused, as you too should be.  It gets worse, showing that you sometimes need to be careful about some news reports. Further said in this CNN article, New Jersey and Alabama tie for the most deaths/100,000 people with 332.  The lowest two states are Vermont with 69 deaths/100,000 and Hawaii with 75.  No other state is lower than 100. Well, actually,  this CNN article is wrong again , by a factor of 100.  If I do the appropriate mathematics, the numbers should have been: New Jersey