Rural Hospitalizations for COVID-19: A Snapshot for December10, 2020
Since the onset of COVID-19, public health leaders have emphasized reducing the rate of viral spread to ensure that hospitals did not become overwhelmed. The U.S. DHHS publishes weekly data on individual hospital’s indicators for management of COVID-19 patients. The NC Rural Health Research Program analyzed these data to compare the percent of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in rural versus urban hospitals. We present our results in these two infographics.