Study Says Washington State Least Impacted by COVID-19

Washington was ranked as the least impacted state when it comes to COVID-19 Monday.

According to a study by WalletHub, Washington is the best economically positioned state to fight the pandemic. States were measured on factors like the share of GDP and employment from highly affected industries, unemployment recovery, workers working from home, and the state's fiscal condition.

Analyst Jill Gonzalez said, “One reason why Washington’s economy is hit the least by coronavirus is that it has the third best work from home infrastructure and one of the largest shares of workers working from home. In addition to a good work from home infrastructure, Washington has seen one of the smallest reductions in Real GDP during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Oregon ranked as 3rd-best, while Idaho came in 9th.

The full study by WalletHub can be found here.