...Hospital beds in the Midwest and Mountain West states (such as the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, and Iowa) carry the highest proportion of COVID-19 patients, but new spikes are everywhere. This situation is particularly precarious in rural areas where access to emergency care has been declining for years. Rural areas have higher rates of the underlying conditions and behaviors—smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity—that tend to lead to worse outcomes with COVID-19. At the current pace, America could reach 300,000 deaths before the new year. The pandemic is also spiking overseas, though Europe’s turnaround has begun.
The map below (click link) for attached shows the regions where cases and deaths are either decreasing or increasing the most, based on the last seven days compared to the previous week. ...
Editors note: The map shows the nunber of cases per 10,000 residents.
