Covid-19 cases have spread to nearly half of rural counties; interactive map has county-level data

Daily Yonder map using USA Facts data. Click the map to enlarge it or click here to view the interactive version.

Nearly half of U.S. rural counties had at least one confirmed coronavirus case as of March 29, according The Daily Yonder, which has done an outstanding job of reporting the rural spread of the disease and creating rural-centric interactive maps using data from non-profit news site USA Facts.

"Since the Yonder reported Friday on the spread of the virus, an additional 176 rural counties have recorded covid-19 cases. As of Sunday, 941 out of 1,977 rural counties have confirmed cases of the disease that is spreading across the nation," Bill Bishop and Tim Marema report. "Both rural and urban counties showed the same steady increase in reported cases over the weekend. From Friday to Sunday, cases of covid-19 increased in both rural and urban counties by between 41 and 50 percent."