New covid-19 infections increase in rural counties from July 18-25 but decline in metro counties; see county-level data - Entrepreneur Generations

Covid-19 red zones from July 18-25. Daily Yonder map; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive map.

"The surge in new covid-19 cases moved deeper into rural America last week, with the number of nonmetropolitan counties in the pandemic’s 'red zone' climbing from 630 to 734 from July 18 to July 25," Tim Murphy and Tim Marema report for The Daily Yonder. "Red zone counties are those where the rate of new covid-19 cases exceeds 100 per 100,000 residents during a one-week period. The definition was coined in a leaked White House report listing regions that should consider reinstating restrictions because of high infection rates. This story analyzes data from Sunday to Sunday."

The number of new cases increased in nonmetropolitan counties over that time period, while new cases declined in metropolitan areas. Nearly half of all rural counties had higher rates of new cases from July 18-25 than in the preceding week, especially in the South, Murphy and Marema report. Rural counties in the Midwest and Intermountain West with higher infection rates tend to have meatpacking plants, prisons, and/or a higher proportion of Native Americans. 

from The Rural Blog https://ift.tt/309jDfc New covid-19 infections increase in rural counties from July 18-25 but decline in metro counties; see county-level data - Entrepreneur Generations

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