This Is The County In The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Harrisburg PA

13 October, 2021

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Harrisburg 2021-10-13 Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. To date, 43,792,254 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 703,599 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 Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 63,479 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,178 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 13,385 cases per 100,000 people. The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Harrisburg-Carlisle is being driven by one area in particular. The broader Harrisburg metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Cumberland County in Pennsylvania has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 26,041 infections in Cumberland County, or 10,524 for every 100,000 people. Though Cumberland County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Harrisburg metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average. There have been a total of 232 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Cumberland County, compared to 226 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 8, 2021. These are all the counties in Pennsylvania 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.