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This wave of coronavirus infections is hitting rural areas especially hard. While big cities have more total cases, rural areas are seeing more cases per capita — and they're at greater risk of running out of hospital capacity as cases pile up.Why it matters: What started as an urban problem in the spring is now everyone's problem.Between the lines: Rural communities in the U.S. have more vulnerable health care systems and more vulnerable populations. Many are on the verge of becoming overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as caseloads continue to grow. Zoom in: Childress County, Texas, has the highest per capita case rate in the country, with 91 cases per day in a county of just over 7,200 people — or 1,265.3 cases per 100,000 people.The bottom line: "We have legitimate reason to be very, very concerned about our health system at a national level," Lauren Sauer, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins University, . The governors of and are the latest to issue statewide mask mandates for public spaces, amid a steep spike in COVID-19 cases across the country.The big picture: States are like closing businesses and advising people to stay home as the U.S. of any point in the pandemic.Vaccine: Moderna says its vaccine candidate is — Coronavirus .Health: Health care — U.S. reports — Fauci says transition delay .States: — Washington state announces —Michigan imposes .Politics: Biden adviser: .The U.S. recorded more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases in six days as the country surpassed 11 million infections Sunday, shows.The big picture: Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the coronavirus are , as more governors and local officials announce new measures to try and curb the pandemic's spread.

This wave of coronavirus infections is hitting rural areas especially hard. While big cities have more total cases, rural areas are seeing more cases per capita — and they're at greater risk of running out of hospital capacity as cases pile up.Why it matters: What started as an urban problem in the spring is now everyone's problem.Between the lines: Rural communities in the U.S. have more vulnerable health care systems and more vulnerable populations. Many are on the verge of becoming overwhelmed by coronavirus patients as caseloads continue to grow. Zoom in: Childress County, Texas, has...

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