she was staying in. >> reporter: pamela rush's is byly one of the lives claime the pandemic in lowndes countyl ans is the county coroner. >> my average calls a week would be one or two before the covid, but after covid came it started picking up. 5-7 a week. >> reporter: so far, 533 cases and 26 deaths from covid 19 have been documented in this sparsely populated place of less than 10,000 residents. the virus has infected 1 in 18 17 people there--the highest infection rate in alabama and one of the highest in the country. like rush, many people here have diabetes, which experts say pu them at higher risk of death from covid-19. >> anyone in your family with a history of diabetes? >> yes sir. >> dr. george thomas, the only i doctthe county, suspects 60-year old elvis harrison has it. >> we can let you know before you leave if you do have diabete >> reporter: harrison takes the test and gets results on the spot.>> ou are a diabetic. and we some medicine.t you on >> i was kind of surprised that i did have it because i got rid g most of the cookies and rid of the candies. i guess i'll just have t

a confederate monument had stood in the town square and lowndes county.t bore the name of confederate soldiers whose families owned among them, pamela's ancestors. in the wake of t protests against the killing of george floyd, the monument came down in june. >> to be honest, i never thought i would see it in my lifetime. th history that the monume represented was very strong and represented the ar up inflicted on our family. >> -- terour inflicted o family. >> terror inflicted with systematic racism. >> it is hard. >> that soft spoken voice in front of members of congress, somehow echoing lowder in her passing. ak>> i have to sure weth dismantl structures that kept her trapped. collect america -- >> america's reckoning with racism will come too late for pamela rush, but perhaps i will come in time for her children. ♪eft too soon without a mother. >> the democratic republic of congo is a massive country. the size of alaska and texas combined. it is part the congo bin rain forest. the second largest after the amazon. it is a habitat for countless species. o