With Thanksgiving approaching but many people changing the way they celebrate in order to minimize COVID-19 transmission, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Safest States to Spend Thanksgiving, as well as accompanying videos.
WalletHub reports that they compared the 50 states across 10 key metrics to see which provide the safest conditions for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Their data set includes metrics examining how the state is handling the COVID-19 pandemic, such as positive tests and deaths per capita in the past week, as well as other indicators of general safety like the crime rate and the average number of DUI-related fatalities in November.
In the study, Rhode Island ranked #17 with a total score of 66.82.
Thanksgiving Safety in Rhode Island (1=Safest; 25=Avg.):
28th – COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate This Week
19th – Share of Multigenerational Households
23rd – Share of Offline Homes
7th – Crime Rate
24th – COVID-19 Death Rate in the Past Week per Capita
As for other states in New England, Vermont ranked #1, Maine #2, New Hampshire #3, Massachusetts #7, and Connecticut #13.
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People’s Credit Union is accepting donations of unwrapped new children’s gifts and clothing at all branches during normal hours on behalf of the Salvation Army’s Holiday Angel Tree Program.
