Association of social, demographic factors with COVID-19 cases, death rates in US

What The Study Did:


Researchers investigated the association between county-level social risk factors and COVID-19 cases and deaths, as well as weekly changes in cumulative cases and mortality, using publicly available data sets as of July 29, 2020.

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Renuka Tipirneni, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is th corresponding author.

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