This Is The County In The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Louisville KY

26 October, 2021

5:19 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Louisville 2021-10-26 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 44,940,700 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 196,545 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,292 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,736 cases per 100,000 people. The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Louisville/Jefferson County is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular. The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Washington County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,311 infections in Washington County, or 19,228 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Washington County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Louisville/Jefferson County 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 366 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Washington County, compared to 205 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 22, 2021. These are all the counties in Kentucky 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.