Before revision:  Our results indicate that large cities are proportionally more affected by COVID-19  , such that every 1\% rise in population is associated with 0.57\% increase in the number of cases per capita and 0.25\% in the number of deaths per capita . The difference between the scaling of cases and deaths indicates the case fatality rate decreases with city size.
After revision:  Our results indicate that large cities are proportionally more affected by COVID-19 , such that every 1\% rise in population is associated with 0.57\% increase in the number of cases per capita and 0.25\% in the number of deaths per capita initially decrease with population size. However, during the long-term course of the pandemic, this urban advantage vanishes and large cities start to exhibit higher incidence of cases and deaths indicates the case fatality rate decreases with city size.