This Is The County In Tampa Bay With The Least COVID-19

Tampa FL

03 November, 2021

1:00 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Tampa TAMPA BAY, FL — 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, 45,548,975 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 738,015 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 487,238 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,080 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 13,922 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 136,396 infections in Pinellas County, or 14,239 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 281 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pinellas County, compared to 269 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 Nov. 1, 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.