In Bangladesh, affected cases in the urban region are higher than in rural areas. Are there any research findings of the COVID 19 affected rate in the village and urban regions? What should be the research-based explanation
urban-rural health disparity is a common matter across the world.
In India also majority of the cases are in urban dense areas. In Maharashtra, the leading Covid-19 State with over one-third of the cases, 27 municipal corporations contributed about 94 per cent of the cases. Villages and small towns put together accounted for only 6 per cent.
Even if the incidence of infection is not high in rural areas, its affect on rural-urban migration has debilitated livelihoods.
Bulk of India's Covid-19 cases and deaths concentrated in 20 cities ( https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/bulk-of-india-s-covid-19-cases-and-deaths-concentrated-in-20-cities-study-71457). However, India's urban covid-19 outbreak is now spreading largely to rural areas due to sudden lock down and reverse migration of cities to rural areas.
Where, Rural US is more vulnerable than cities ( https://theprint.in/world/rural-us-more-vulnerable-to-covid-19-than-cities-data-shows/444572/ )
In Serbia, most Covid-19 cases are in cities, cases in rural areas are very rare. Official statistics now says most cases (more than 80%) are in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, which the largest city (about 2 million people). The rest of the cases are in a few other cities (Novi Pazar, Uzice, Vranje...), while in villages it is difficult to find them at all. The answer why it is so is not difficult: more people, higher density of population, more movement, gatherings with lot of people, etc.
https://www.researchgate.net/deref/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.downtoearth.org.in%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2Fbulk-of-india-s-covid-19-cases-and-deaths-concentrated-in-20-cities-study-71457
In the conditions of a pandemic, in Bulgaria, the leading one is the capital, but clusters have formed in small settlements or separate neighborhoods.
See the paper: COVID-19 attack rate increases with city size by Andrew J. Stier, Marc G. Berman Luis M. A. Bettencourt. arXiv:2003.10376v2 [q-bio.PE] 29 Mar 2020.
