New rural coronavirus cases rose 2 percent last week while deaths fell by more than half; see county-level map - Entrepreneur Generations

Rates of new coronavirus infections, April 11-17
Daily Yonder map; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version

New rural coronavirus infections from April 11-17 grew 2 percent from the week before to 50,697 cases; that's about the same rate as urban areas. Covid-related deaths, meanwhile, fell by 53% from the previous week to 711. The number is the lowest since mid-July, Tim Murphy and Tim Marema report for The Daily Yonder.

The geographic distribution of rural Covid-19 hotspots remained consistent last week compared to the week before. Michigan led the nation in new infections, as it has for the entire month of April. Other regions with high rates compared to the rest of the nation were Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, all of New England, the Florida peninsula, northern Illinois, and central Colorado," Murphy and Marema report. "The Texas Panhandle, which had multiple counties with very high rates of infection two weeks ago, cooled a bit last week, But 27 counties in the northwest portion of the state still have high rates of new infections."

Click here for more data and analysis from the Yonder, including an interactive county-level map.

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