Least-Restrictive States Have Lower CCP Virus Death Rates; Most-Closed States Have Highest

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem gives a State of the State address in Pierre, S.D., on Jan. 8, 2019. James Nord/AP Photo

States with the least restrictions on their citizens’ movements and businesses due to the CCP virus have the lowest death rates on average from the pandemic that prompted a national lockdown beginning in mid-March, according to a new study.

Conversely, the most restrictive states show higher death rates on average from the disease known as COVID-19, which originated in late 2019 in China.