"Coronavirus Was Slow to Spread to Rural America. Not Anymore."

"This map shows every rural county in America, areas where the coronavirus outbreak initially was slow to spread. Humboldt County in Northern California was the first rural county to report a case, on Feb. 20, a month after the virus first reached the U.S."

Jack Healy, Sabrina Tavernise, Robert Gebeloff, and Weiyi Cai report for the New York Times April 8, 2020.