Rural COVID-19 ‘red zones’ on the rise

Rural COVID-19 ‘red zones’ on the rise

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Nearly half of the nation’s rural counties saw an uptick in new cases last week. About a third of rural counties are now deemed red zones, or counties where the rate of new infection surpasses a threshold set by White House advisors. Among the 300 rural counties designated for the first time as red zones this week is Hemphill County, where the number of COVID-19 positive cases has grown in on...

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