> Just how prominent of a role has Mexico’s viral peak played in the resurgence of the more serious cases in our country? Hidalgo County, Texas, one of the most heavily trafficked border-crossing counties, recorded 31 deaths Tuesday, more than the daily total in all but six states. > Over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the highest concentration of deaths in this generally milder wave of the virus is coming from the border. [You can read the series here, here, here, here, and here.] Every day, the stark contrast in data from border counties becomes increasingly too obvious to ignore. > It’s truly shocking to see a county like Hidalgo rack up 31 reported deaths in one day. To put this in perspective, all but six entire states recorded fewer deaths Tuesday. The exceptions were California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and North Carolina.