The Casper-Natrona County Department Health Department s COVID Vaccine Center at the Eastridge Mall.
COVID-19 infection rates in the rural parts of the Mountain West continue to drop, despite the fact that public health officials in the region are struggling to get more people vaccinated.
Across the country the number of new cases in rural counties are at their lowest levels since July 2020, according to data from the nonprofit aggregator USA Facts that was
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In northern Montana s Toole County, for example, there’s only one documented active case. But at the same time, only about a third of all residents there are fully vaccinated.
Rural COVID-19 Cases Keep Dropping, Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
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Meanwhile, an additional 784,000 rural Americans became fully vaccinated against Covid-19 last week.
Modest Improvement in Cases
A total of 42,462 new Covid-19 infections were reported in rural counties last week, a decline of about 5% (or 2,200 fewer cases) from the week before. In urban areas, the number of new infections dropped by 15%, from about 357,000 two weeks ago to 303,000 last week.
An additional 734 rural residents died from Covid-related causes last week. That’s 14% higher than two weeks ago. In urban areas, Covid-related deaths climbed by only 0.6%, to 4,272 for the week.
Another piece of contradictory data is that even though the number of new infections dropped last week, the number of rural counties on the red-zone list increased by 24 to 565. The red zone is defined as having 100 or more new infections per 100,000 residents in a one-week period. The White House Coronavirus Task Force has said localities on the red-zone list should take additional measures to c