For the first time in months, COVID-19 was not the dominant story in America this week. But the coronavirus pandemic continues to carve an uneven path across the country, hitting some areas harder as it recedes in others.
At the most basic, 30,000-foot view, the numbers for the virus look better this weekend than they did a week ago. Comparing the new cases of the virus and the deaths associated with it from the week that ended this Friday to the previous Friday, there were declines. …
The biggest percentage increase in new cases came in a collection of predominantly white rural counties generally far away from metropolitan areas. The top 10 counties for new case growth ranged from the forests of West Virginia to the farms of Iowa to the mountains of Oregon. CONT.
Dante Chinni, NBC News
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