New rural Covid-19 death rate grew by 1/3 last week, hitting highest level since March and 117% higher than urban rate - Entrepreneur Generations

New coronavirus infections, in ranges by county, Sept. 12-18
Daily Yonder map; click the image to enlarge it or click here for the interactive version.

During the week of Sept. 12-18, rural counties reported 2,906 new Covid-related deaths, nearly one-third higher than the 2,210 deaths two weeks ago, and the highest level seen since early March. That's according to an analysis by The Daily Yonder of USA Facts reports. But, since Florida deaths have not been recorded in the USA Facts reports for the past two weeks, the real death rate is likely even higher. "A crosscheck with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Florida had about 2,500 Covid-related deaths each of the last two weeks, meaning the actual death rates are potentially 20 percent higher than the USA Facts data," Tim Murphy and Tim Marema report for The Daily Yonder. The metropolitan death rate rose 19%.

New rural infections rose by 5% last week, compared to a 3% fall in the metro rate. The rural infection rate is about 60% higher than the metro rate. "A third of rural counties have rates of more than 500 new cases per 100,000 for the week – or five times the red-zone threshold," Murphy and Marema report. "Only about a fifth of metropolitan counties have new-infection rates that high."

Eighty-three of the 100 counties with the highest new infection rates were rural last week, and 29 states had all their rural counties in the red zone, meaning there were at least 100 new cases per 100,000 residents in one week. Only four states had under 90% of their counties in the red zone: Alaska, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah.

Click here for an interactive county-level map, regional analysis and charts from the Yonder.

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