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Among the 50 U.S. counties with the highest concentrations of students and overall populations of at least 50,000, 20 have consistently reported higher rates of new virus cases than their states have since Sept.
1, according to an Associated Press analysis.AdvertisementOn average, infection rates in those 20 counties have been more than three times higher than their states’ overall rates.At James Madison University in Virginia, which recently sent students home through September amid a surge in cases, the county is averaging a weekly infection rate of nearly 90 cases per 100,000 people, or more than eight.