This Tampa Bay County Has Most COVID-19 Cases

Tampa FL

11 August, 2021

1:06 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Tampa TAMPA BAY, FL — As the delta variant surges, and vaccinations slow, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 35,366,900 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, a total of 322,737 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,651 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,810 cases per 100,000 people. Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case. The broader Tampa metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Hillsborough County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 164,167 infections in Hillsborough County, or 11,906 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Hillsborough County than they are across all of the Tampa area, however. There have been a total of 133 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hillsborough County, compared to 158 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of August 9, 2021. These are all the counties in Florida where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Can't see the article's infographic? 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.