These Are The Counties In The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

West Palm Beach FL

20 October, 2021

12:54 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - West Palm Beach 2021-10-20 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, 44,501,723 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 716,720 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 483,395 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,953 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,602 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 135,454 infections in Pinellas County, or 14,141 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 closely in line with the regional average. There have been a total of 274 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pinellas County, compared to 261 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 Oct. 18, 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.