This Is The County In The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

Philadelphia PA

04 January, 2022

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, a total of 868,782 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 14,314 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 16,200 cases per 100,000 people. Even though Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case. The broader Philadelphia metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, New Castle County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 98,237 infections in New Castle County, or 17,696 for every 100,000 people. A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in New Castle County than they are across all of the Philadelphia area, however. There have been a total of 199 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in New Castle County, compared to 249 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 30, 2021. These are all the counties in Delaware 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.