This Is The County In The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Denver CO

24 November, 2021

12:03 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Denver 2021-11-24 Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, 47,257,270 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 765,010 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 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area, located in Colorado, a total of 393,181 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,795 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 14,444 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low. The broader Denver metro area comprises 10 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Gilpin County in Colorado has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 518 infections in Gilpin County, or 8,744 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Gilpin County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Denver metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate. There have been a total of 51 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Gilpin County, below the 146 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 22, 2021. These are all the counties in Colorado 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.