This Is The County In The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Miami FL

19 October, 2021

5:22 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Miami 2021-10-19 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, there have been 44,408,600 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 1,251,878 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 20,621 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,574 cases per 100,000 people. The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular. The broader Miami metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Miami-Dade County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 672,126 infections in Miami-Dade County, or 24,751 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Miami-Dade County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Miami area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 318 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Miami-Dade County, compared to 284 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 15, 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.