Frankly, I think this is the way to reopen states. Base it on population density. There's always a balancing of risk in anything. In Virginia, we have had relatively few cases, and they have largely been in nursing homes. Meanwhile more people are signing up for unemployment every day, and small businesses are getting crushed.
I am truly sorry for the people in hotspots like NYC. But if the more rural parts of the state reopen, at least you'd get some income, which in turn pays taxes, which in turn could help the bigger cities at least a bit.