Chance of dying from COVID-19 is higher in NC’s rural counties, report says
Story Date: 7/27/2020

 

Source: Will Michaels, WUNC, 7/24/20


A report from UNC Chapel Hill says there's a higher probability of death from COVID-19 in some of North Carolina's rural counties. A group of public policy students analyzed death and infection rates in each of the state's 100 counties. They found the highest-risk areas had more people of color, higher poverty rates and multiple meat processing plants.

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