This Is The County In The Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Cleveland OH

04 January, 2022

11:27 AM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Cleveland 2022-01-04 As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, there have been 53,001,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day. In the Cleveland-Elyria metropolitan area, located in Ohio, a total of 353,269 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 17,134 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 16,200 cases per 100,000 people. The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Cleveland-Elyria is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular. The broader Cleveland metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Cuyahoga County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 218,606 infections in Cuyahoga County, or 17,436 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Cuyahoga County than they are across all of the Cleveland area, however. There have been a total of 223 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Cuyahoga County, in line with 224 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cleveland-Elyria metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 30, 2021. These are all the counties in Ohio 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.