These Are The Counties In The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Dallas TX

27 January, 2022

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Dallas 2022-01-26 As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, 68,964,506 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 854,925 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 1,525,956 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,033 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 21,079 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low. The broader Dallas metro area comprises 13 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Hunt County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 13,915 infections in Hunt County, or 15,100 for every 100,000 people. Though Hunt County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Dallas metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high. There have been a total of 351 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Hunt County, above the 227 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 24, 2022. These are all the counties in Texas 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.