In recent days, Bennington County has surpassed Vermont's most populous county when it comes to the number of COVID-19 cases identified per 10,000 residents.On Friday, Jan. 22, Bennington counted 27 new coronavirus cases, to total 234.9 cases per 10,000 residents. Chittenden County — which has seen the bulk of Vermont's total cases, at 3,773 since the pandemic began — now ranks second to Bennington when you factor in population, with 224.7 cases per 10,000 people. Bennington County has seen a total of 864 cases since the pandemic began.
Tiffany Tan is a reporter for The Bennington Bannerand she spoke to VPR's Community Report about the high numbers and what might be causing the upward trend.
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