There is a split among the states regarding "crushed the virus" vs. "manage the spread"
Here are their deaths per million population --
NY: 1,663
NJ: 1,748
MA: 1,200
CT: 1,200
TX: 105
FL: 187
AZ: 280
And here are total deaths by state --
NY: 32,343 (population 19.45M)
NJ: 15,522 (8.9M)
MA: 8,268 (6.9M)
CT: 4,348 (3.5M)
TX: 3,046 (29M)
FL: 4,009 (21.5M)
AZ: 2,038 (7.3M)
(source Worldometers):