Add to that the states get fed money for every citizen that tests positive. It's not uniform, it varies by state. Not sure about other states but South Carolina gets $189,000 per Covid positive citizen.

I wish I could find the source to the breakdown but I seem to have lost it.

Edited to add: Found the source: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckershospitalreview.com%2Ffinance%2Fstate-by-state-breakdown-of-federal-aid-per-covid-19-case.html

Add to that the states get fed money for every citizen that tests positive. It's not uniform, it varies by state. Not sure about other states but South Carolina gets $189,000 per Covid positive citizen.

I wish I could find the source to the breakdown but I seem to have lost it.