The Rural Policy Research Institute says COVID-19 deaths among rural residents were twice that of urban residents in the week ending October first.

Fred Ullrich, with the College of Public Health at Iowa State University, tells Brownfield Ag News that same finding was also seen September 15th, a far cry from the early days of the pandemic when urban areas were hardest hit and there were just rural hotspots in places like meat packing plants and truck stops.

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