This Is The County In The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Philadelphia PA

02 November, 2021

10:44 AM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Philadelphia 2021-11-02 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 45,445,700 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a total of 113,638 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,616 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 13,891 cases per 100,000 people. Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case. The broader Allentown metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Northampton County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 44,377 infections in Northampton County, or 14,705 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Northampton County than they are across all of the Allentown area, however. There have been a total of 263 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Northampton County, in line with 262 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 29, 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.