These Are The Counties In The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Louisville KY

05 January, 2022

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Louisville 2022-01-05 As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, 53,506,483 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 816,686 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 Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 230,720 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 17,951 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 16,354 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Louisville/Jefferson County than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others. The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Floyd County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 12,967 infections in Floyd County, or 16,882 for every 100,000 people. Though Floyd County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high. There have been a total of 309 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Floyd County, above the 243 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 3, 2022. These are all the counties in Kentucky 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.