This edition conveys the distribution of US counties by new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and COVID-attributed deaths from April 1-15. Across the 25 counties with the largest per capita rates of confirmed cases, the number of daily new cases has decreased by 9 percentage points this past week relative to the prior week; however, the COVID-19 attributed deaths in these counties increased by 58%. We also convey an analysis of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the 25 counties with largest total population.
- Keywords: COVID-19