This Is The County In The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Tampa FL

15 December, 2021

12:01 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Tampa 2021-12-14 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, there have been 49,242,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 494,748 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,328 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 15,051 cases per 100,000 people. The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular. The broader Tampa metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Hillsborough County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 247,153 infections in Hillsborough County, or 17,924 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Hillsborough County than they are across all of the Tampa area, however. There have been a total of 226 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hillsborough County, compared to 277 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 Dec. 10, 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.