This Is The County In The Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Cleveland OH

25 May, 2021

12:27 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Cleveland 2021-05-25 Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 32,706,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Cleveland-Elyria metropolitan area, located in Ohio, a total of 181,867 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,821 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 9,997 cases per 100,000 people. Even though Cleveland-Elyria has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others. The broader Cleveland metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Lake County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 20,874 infections in Lake County, or 9,074 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Lake County than they are across all of the Cleveland area, however. There have been a total of 162 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Lake County, in line with 166 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cleveland-Elyria metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 23, 2021. These are all the counties in Ohio where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Can't see the rest of the article? Click here to view the original story.This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.