COVID-19 Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Counties With Larger Shares of Blacks and Hispanics.
Kent Jason G ChengYue SunShannon M MonnatPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2020)
COVID-19 mortality risk is not distributed equally across the rural United States, and the COVID-19 race penalty is not restricted to cities. Among rural counties, the average daily increase in COVID-19 mortality rates has been significantly higher in counties with the largest shares of Black and Hispanic residents.