Early Covid surges were 150% more common in counties with large minority populations

Coronavirus has left no corner of the U.S. untouched, but counties with large minority populations are up to 150% more likely to have been hard-hit by infections compared to mostly white regions of the country, new data shows.  The virus spread like wildfire in communities of color, taking off fastest first in areas with large … Read more

Hancock puts six million MORE people into Tier 4 as Oxfordshire and East Anglia join Home Counties

New areas entering Tier 4 from Boxing Day Surrey: Waverley West Sussex: All East Sussex: Eastbourne, Lewes and Wealden districts, plus Brighton and Hove Hampshire: Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire,  Eastleigh, Fareham, Hart, Rushmoor, Test Valley,  Winchester, Southampton Essex: All apart from Colchester, Uttlesford and Tendring, which are already in Tier 4 Norfolk Suffolk Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire  … Read more

Where is next for Tier Three? Urban-rural splits loom for divided counties

Counties could be split by new local lockdown tiers today as MPs call for rural wards to be given looser rules than towns and cities as data shows infection rates dividing communities in Kent, Leicestershire and Lancashire. Officials will meet today to review the restrictions for the run-up to Christmas and are expected to be … Read more

REVEALED: Rural counties experiencing the worst coronavirus surges voted overwhelmingly for Trump

Though many Democrats viewed President Donald Trump‘s handling of the pandemic as his greatest weakness, election returns show that in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support. In 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita, the overwhelming majority – 93 percent of those counties – went … Read more

Poor US counties with crowded housing are 38-times more likely to become COVID-19 ‘hotspots’

Coronavirus has spread far more rapidly in poorer areas of the US, which had 25 percent more cases relative to their populations by the time they were identified as  ‘hotspots,’ a new report reveals.  Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that counties in low income brackets where many people lived … Read more

Rightmove research shows rental hotspot shift as home counties and outer zones become more popular

Tenants are increasingly snubbing inner-city rental hotspots in favour of commuter zones and small towns close to major cities as fewer trips to the office are expected to remain part of the new normal. It means that outer London areas like Chessington in zone six and South Norwood in zone four are in great demand, … Read more

Americans DID comply with coronavirus lockdowns. in 98% of counties CDC finds

Americans complied with stay-at-home orders nearly everywhere that issued them and helped to slow the spread of coronavirus, new cell phone tracking data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows.  A new report, released Thursday, reveals that people moved around less in 98 percent of counties that issued stay-at-home orders in … Read more

New coronavirus cases fell most sharply in counties where people stopped going to offices

Coronavirus cases fell mostly sharply in US counties where people stopped going to offices and workplaces, new cellphone data suggests. Researchers found that infections were about 30 percent lower in the counties where the most amount of people stopped going to offices. In counties with more activity in workplaces, the case count only fell by … Read more

Data map shows 26% of US counties are battling COVID-19 outbreaks

Twenty six percent of counties across the United States are now battling uncontrollable coronavirus outbreaks, a data map shows – as the number of infections increased by 40,000 for the third day and forecast models predict at least 150,000 deaths by August.  The data map, compiled by spatial analytics company Esri, shows that counties in the … Read more

Governor Newsom closes ALL bars in LA and six other California counties

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all bars to close immediately in seven counties across the state – including Los Angeles – citing a rapid spread of coronavirus in the last few weeks. Newsom’s decision to roll-back reopening efforts, which began just under a month ago, comes two days after similar precautions were taken by Republican … Read more