This Is The County In The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Detroit MI

10 November, 2021

12:39 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Detroit 2021-11-10 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, 46,057,010 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 746,303 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 535,272 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 12,399 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 14,078 cases per 100,000 people. The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Detroit-Warren-Dearborn is being driven by one area in particular. The broader Detroit metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Wayne County in Michigan has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 203,316 infections in Wayne County, or 11,543 for every 100,000 people. Though Wayne County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Detroit metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high. There have been a total of 319 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Wayne County, above the 280 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 8, 2021. These are all the counties in Michigan 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.