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Texans rank No. 1 in drinking the most alcohol during the coronavirus outbreak, data shows

Briana Edwards, Digital Contributor

Texas ranks first in drinking the most alcohol during COVID-19 outbreak, according to data collected by SeriouslySmoked.com (seriouslysmoked.com)

While some people are staying at home binge-watching new shows or solving puzzles, Texans are passing time with a bottle in hand.

According to a report by KXAN, Seriously Smoked, a cooking and BBQ website, used geotagged Twitter data to gather more than 200,000 tweets from the last 30 days that included keywords, phrases and hashtags related to alcohol consumption.

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And Texans’ tweets referenced drinking more than any other state.

Here are the top 10 states drinking the most alcohol during COVID-19 outbreak:

1. Texas

2. California

3. New Mexico

4. Hawaii

5. Arizona

6. Nevada

7. Louisiana

8. Mississippi

9. Idaho

10. Georgia

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