This Is The County In The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

San Antonio TX

13 October, 2021

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - San Antonio 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 385,421 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,886 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,385 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in San Antonio-New Braunfels than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low. The broader San Antonio metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bandera County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,213 infections in Bandera County, or 10,169 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Bandera County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the San Antonio metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate. There have been a total of 230 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Bandera County, below the 254 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 8, 2021. These are all the counties in Texas 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.