Provisional COVID-19 deaths by urbanicity and week. Deaths are based on the county of occurrence in the United States. Urbanicity is defined as metropolitan and non-metropolitan,based on the 2013 National middle for Health Statistics (NCHS) Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/urban_rural.htm). Counties are classified as “metropolitan” if they are large central metro, large fringe metro, and medium metro or small metro; and non-metropolitan” if micropolitan or non-core.
Source: cdc.gov