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North Dakota's rural areas are being hit hardest by COVID-19, according to the state - INFORUM

North Dakota's rural areas are being hit hardest by COVID-19, according to the state - INFORUM

North Dakota's rural areas are being hit hardest by COVID-19, according to the state - INFORUM
Oct 22, 2020 1 min, 1 sec

But, these less-populated areas have now exceeded metropolitan regions in the number of COVID-19 cases they have per capita, according to the North Dakota Department of Health.

More than half of North Dakota's 53 counties have reported more confirmed positive COVID-19 cases per 10,000 people in the last 14 days, than Cass County — which includes Fargo and West Fargo and is by far the state's most populous county.

In the beginning stages of the pandemic, North Dakota's densely populated cities reported the most cases, and Gov.

The New York Times reported that about one in four COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in rural areas, and since the summer, the number of per capita cases and deaths rates in rural areas have surpassed those in metropolitan areas.

The number of COVID-19 cases in North Dakota continues to break records as the state's Department of Health on Thursday, Oct.

North Dakota reported the most COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita in the nation over the last week, according to The New York Times, and according to one analysis, if North Dakota was its own country it would have the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the world.

Burleigh County reported the second-greatest number of new cases with 209 additional positives.

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