This Is The County In The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Tampa FL

05 September, 2021

12:59 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Tampa 2021-09-05 With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 39,091,213 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 635,606 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 412,623 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,618 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 11,948 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others. The broader Tampa metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pinellas County in Florida has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 116,302 infections in Pinellas County, or 12,142 for every 100,000 people. Though Pinellas County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Tampa metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high. There have been a total of 174 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pinellas County, above the 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 Sept. 2, 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.