Rural Research Notes
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Shawn Poynter / There Is More Work To Be Done
Rural COVID Cases are Starting to Decline, but the Delta Variant Hit Rural Communities Particularly Hard
The Housing Assistance Council presents updated data on the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on rural communities.
As of September 30, there have been more than 6.5 million reported cases of COVID-19 and approximately 114,163 associated deaths in communities outside metropolitan areas. During September, communities outside of metropolitan areas reported more than 870,000 new cases – a 24 percent increase over the month of August. Since the onset of the Delta variant this summer, death rates have been substantially higher in rural places than in metro areas.
Shawn Poynter/ There is More Work to be Done