Our statistical model calculates which places in America not yet ravaged by covid-19 will suffer most if it arrives in earnest
-2 has claimed most of its victims in areas where it has spread the fastest. Lockdowns have geographically contained most outbreaks. However, once social distancing is relaxed, the virus will accelerate its spread, and could infect a majority of Americans. If that happens, the places it hits hardest may not be those it struck first. Instead, the vulnerability of local populations will determine its death toll in each region.
Covid-19’s true infection-fatality rate is unknown, because most carriers are not tested. However, testing is more common for people whose cases are bad enough to endanger their lives: in New York 67% of people with covid-19 on their death certificate had tested positive.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Smithfield Foods' South Dakota Plant Revealed to Be One of America's Biggest COVID-19 ClustersMore than 700 workers of the South Dakota plant have been infected
Read more »
Covid-19 is spreading to America’s South with unnerving speedIn mid-April, the New Orleans area had the highest per-person death rate from covid-19 of any American city
Read more »
Opinion | Poverty devastated the South, as politicians watched. COVID-19 will do it again.Opinion | The Rev. Dr. William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: 'This pandemic will highlight how poverty — and our willingness to let people remain in it — is a danger for all of us.' - NBCNewsTHINK
Read more »
Relentless record heat roasts south Florida while most of the Gulf Coast also is cookingRelentless record heat roasts south Florida while most of the Gulf Coast is also cooking
Read more »
Another series of tornadoes could hammer the Southern Plains and Deep South this weekHundreds of tornadoes have been reported across the eastern half of the US since April 1. Now, another storm system could generate even more over the next two days, from the Southern Plains to the Deep South.
Read more »