VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — More than four times as many prescriptions for COVID-19 treatment pills were filled in richer Virginia ZIP codes than those with the lowest state income last month.
The Virginia Department of Health is trying to figure out why.
In Virginia’s richest and least struggling ZIP codes, 14,740 prescriptions were filled, while in the middle income and struggling ZIP codes, 5,974 prescriptions for COVID-19 oral treatments were filled. In the lowest income and most struggling ZIP codes, 3,296 prescriptions for the treatments were filled in the previous month, according to VDH data.
