This Is The County In Tampa Bay With The Most COVID-19

Tampa FL

04 January, 2022

12:00 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Tampa TAMPA BAY, FL — 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 507,181 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,738 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 16,200 cases per 100,000 people. Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case. 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 254,488 infections in Hillsborough County, or 18,456 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 228 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hillsborough County, compared to 280 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. 30. 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.