Daily rate of new coronavirus infections in rural America climbed 150% since mid-June; see county-level data - Entrepreneur Generations

Non-metropolitan rate of new covid-19 cases, June 13-July 12
(Daily Yonder map; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version.)

The number of new covid-19 cases reported in nonmetropolitan counties is 150 percent higher now than it was a month ago, and the trend shows no signs of slowing. "In the last week, nonmetropolitan counties surpassed a record-breaking 7,000 new cases on three consecutive days. The seven-day average of new cases also hit an all-time high Monday, at 6,185 per day," Tim Marema reports for The Daily Yonder. "The Daily Yonder tracked new cases of Covid-19 in nonmetropolitan counties over the past 30 days. The counties where the equivalent of at least 1% of the population acquired Covid-19 from June 13 to July 12 are shown in red. Seventy-eight counties meet this criterion.

The rural counties with the highest infection rates tend to have prisons or meatpacking factories. "In the absence of cases from prisons and meatpacking plants, rural counties with high infection rates frequently have large proportions of residents who are African American, American Indian, or Hispanic/Latino," Marema reports.

Click here for a more detailed breakdown of regions with higher infection rates and a searchable, ranked list of the rural counties with the highest rates.

from The Rural Blog https://ift.tt/38ZRxWT Daily rate of new coronavirus infections in rural America climbed 150% since mid-June; see county-level data - Entrepreneur Generations

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