New coronavirus infections in rural counties declined last week but deaths rose slightly - Entrepreneur Generations

New infection rates over Jan. 31-Feb. 6. Daily Yonder map;
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In the week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, new rural coronavirus infections declined for the fourth week straight, but rural Covid-19 deaths increased a little. The rural Covid-19 death rate was 34% higher than the urban rate last week."The death toll reached 3,547 in rural counties the week of Sunday, January 31, through Saturday, February 6. That’s up by about 1% from the week before. Rural counties averaged 541 deaths per day in the first seven days of February. The daily average is slightly higher than it was in January, the deadliest month so far for rural America," Tim Murphy and Tim Marema report for The Daily Yonder. "The number of new infections, meanwhile, fell by about 8% last week compared to two weeks ago. There were 115,359 new infections reported in rural counties last week, according to USA Facts."

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