The U.S. has reported more than 30.4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Apr. 7, 2021. More than 550,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 — the highest death toll of any country.
The virus has spread throughout the country in a way that has been difficult to predict, surging in one region, then showing signs of improvement, and then reappearing in other regions. Though local outbreaks may ebb and flow, the current surge in cases has been felt nearly nationwide, leading to new travel restrictions and business closures around the country.
Nationwide, there were an average of 18.7 daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 Americans in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. Cumulatively, the U.S. has reported 9,315.1 cases per 100,000 Americans, and 168.8 deaths per 100,000 Americans.
The extent of the spread of the novel coronavirus continues to vary considerably from state to state, and even from county to county. Even as the number of daily new cases is flattening or even declining in some parts of the country, new cases are surging at a growing rate in others.
The coronavirus has spread to different parts of the country in different stages throughout the pandemic. In the spring, the worst hit states were in the Northeast, as New York City became the epicenter of the nation’s crisis. The virus spread to states throughout the Sun Belt in the summer, and hit states in the Midwest and West during the fall. Now, nearly every state is categorized as a COVID-19 hotspot, according to definitions based on new cases per capita from the nonprofit health organization Kaiser Family Foundation.
In Georgia, there were an average of 12.3 daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. The Georgia case growth rate ranks as the 19th lowest of all 50 states.
While the nation’s largest counties were hit hardest in the early months of the pandemic, nearly every county has suffered from the coronavirus. Outbreaks can occur quickly in places where large numbers of people tend to congregate, leaving counties with colleges, correctional facilities, and nursing homes particularly at risk.
In Chattahoochee County, there were an average of 126.1 new confirmed cases per day per 100,000 residents in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021 — the highest rate of any county in Georgia. Since the pandemic began, the county has reported 3,569 confirmed cases, or 33,147.9 cases per 100,000.
There have been 14 deaths, or 130.0 deaths per 100,000 residents.
To determine the county in each state with the highest rate of daily cases of the virus, 24/7 Wall St. compiled and reviewed data from state and local health departments. We ranked counties according to the average new number of cases per 100,000 residents per day during the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. Population data used to adjust case and death totals came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey and are five-year estimates.
No. | County | Population | New daily cases per 100,000 | Total cases | Total deaths | Cases per 100,000 | Deaths per 100,000 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chattahoochee County | 10,767 | 126.1 | 3,569 | 14 | 33,147.9 | 130.0 |
2 | Bacon County | 11,228 | 110.7 | 1,607 | 36 | 14,311.7 | 320.6 |
3 | Miller County | 5,836 | 30.9 | 835 | 12 | 14,315.9 | 205.6 |
4 | Butts County | 23,750 | 30.2 | 2,903 | 79 | 12,221.7 | 332.6 |
5 | Morgan County | 18,235 | 30.0 | 2,064 | 28 | 11,319.8 | 153.6 |
6 | Cherokee County | 241,910 | 24.4 | 29,772 | 301 | 12,307.0 | 124.4 |
7 | Bartow County | 103,620 | 23.4 | 14,062 | 215 | 13,570.7 | 207.5 |
8 | Walker County | 68,824 | 22.2 | 7,045 | 84 | 10,236.3 | 122.1 |
9 | Murray County | 39,557 | 21.8 | 4,723 | 78 | 11,938.9 | 197.2 |
10 | Paulding County | 155,840 | 20.7 | 15,939 | 204 | 10,227.8 | 130.9 |
11 | Catoosa County | 66,299 | 20.6 | 5,967 | 66 | 9,000.7 | 99.5 |
12 | Whitfield County | 103,849 | 19.7 | 16,473 | 237 | 15,862.8 | 228.2 |
13 | Forsyth County | 219,880 | 19.6 | 21,293 | 174 | 9,684.0 | 79.1 |
14 | Fannin County | 24,925 | 19.3 | 2,297 | 65 | 9,216.9 | 260.8 |
15 | Atkinson County | 8,265 | 18.9 | 1,005 | 17 | 12,154.5 | 205.7 |
16 | Clay County | 3,001 | 18.5 | 237 | 3 | 7,901.9 | 100.0 |
17 | Gordon County | 56,790 | 17.9 | 7,955 | 110 | 14,006.9 | 193.7 |
18 | Cobb County | 745,057 | 17.8 | 74,686 | 990 | 10,024.3 | 132.9 |
19 | Henry County | 221,307 | 17.6 | 23,867 | 301 | 10,784.4 | 136.0 |
20 | Douglas County | 141,840 | 17.6 | 14,381 | 205 | 10,139.0 | 144.5 |
21 | Pike County | 18,082 | 17.5 | 2,170 | 36 | 12,002.2 | 199.1 |
22 | Chattooga County | 24,817 | 17.4 | 2,712 | 68 | 10,926.1 | 274.0 |
23 | Dawson County | 23,861 | 16.9 | 2,934 | 40 | 12,294.8 | 167.6 |
24 | Seminole County | 8,437 | 16.6 | 931 | 18 | 11,029.1 | 213.3 |
25 | Wayne County | 29,767 | 16.3 | 3,466 | 83 | 11,643.7 | 278.8 |
26 | DeKalb County | 743,187 | 16.3 | 61,854 | 944 | 8,322.8 | 127.0 |
27 | Jackson County | 65,755 | 15.8 | 9,566 | 144 | 14,548.6 | 219.0 |
28 | Barrow County | 76,887 | 15.5 | 9,531 | 127 | 12,396.7 | 165.2 |
29 | Calhoun County | 6,428 | 15.3 | 576 | 14 | 8,965.9 | 217.8 |
30 | Liberty County | 62,108 | 14.8 | 3,689 | 60 | 5,939.8 | 96.6 |
31 | Schley County | 5,211 | 14.6 | 341 | 4 | 6,547.6 | 76.8 |
32 | Polk County | 41,621 | 14.4 | 5,477 | 88 | 13,159.5 | 211.4 |
33 | Colquitt County | 45,606 | 14.4 | 4,592 | 114 | 10,068.0 | 250.0 |
34 | Fulton County | 1,021,902 | 14.3 | 92,490 | 1,290 | 9,050.7 | 126.2 |
35 | Ware County | 35,599 | 14.1 | 4,753 | 167 | 13,350.7 | 469.1 |
36 | Walton County | 90,132 | 14.1 | 10,239 | 246 | 11,359.8 | 272.9 |
37 | Clayton County | 278,666 | 13.8 | 24,959 | 434 | 8,956.7 | 155.7 |
38 | Carroll County | 116,022 | 13.7 | 11,013 | 228 | 9,492.4 | 196.5 |
39 | Muscogee County | 196,670 | 13.1 | 15,548 | 421 | 7,905.5 | 214.1 |
40 | Floyd County | 96,824 | 13.1 | 11,682 | 212 | 12,064.8 | 219.0 |
41 | Gwinnett County | 902,298 | 13.1 | 97,409 | 1,075 | 10,795.7 | 119.1 |
42 | Rockdale County | 89,011 | 13.0 | 7,228 | 164 | 8,120.5 | 184.2 |
43 | Newton County | 106,497 | 12.8 | 10,422 | 228 | 9,786.1 | 214.1 |
44 | Lincoln County | 7,799 | 12.7 | 786 | 26 | 10,083.9 | 333.4 |
45 | Rabun County | 16,457 | 12.6 | 1,632 | 47 | 9,916.3 | 285.6 |
46 | Macon County | 13,480 | 12.6 | 832 | 27 | 6,175.6 | 200.3 |
47 | Bryan County | 35,885 | 12.5 | 3,482 | 36 | 9,703.2 | 100.3 |
48 | Spalding County | 64,719 | 12.3 | 5,962 | 182 | 9,212.7 | 281.2 |
49 | Pickens County | 30,832 | 12.3 | 3,275 | 74 | 10,621.6 | 240.0 |
50 | Dade County | 16,227 | 12.3 | 1,360 | 12 | 8,379.7 | 74.0 |
51 | Lowndes County | 114,582 | 12.1 | 12,271 | 200 | 10,709.3 | 174.5 |
52 | Troup County | 69,774 | 11.7 | 7,295 | 215 | 10,455.4 | 308.1 |
53 | Upson County | 26,216 | 11.7 | 3,358 | 123 | 12,808.6 | 469.2 |
54 | Hall County | 195,961 | 11.4 | 26,459 | 440 | 13,502.2 | 224.5 |
55 | Jeff Davis County | 14,991 | 11.3 | 1,841 | 46 | 12,281.0 | 306.9 |
56 | Cook County | 17,184 | 11.3 | 1,791 | 40 | 10,422.6 | 232.8 |
57 | Webster County | 2,613 | 11.0 | 141 | 4 | 5,399.2 | 153.1 |
58 | Early County | 10,348 | 11.0 | 1,155 | 46 | 11,158.3 | 444.5 |
59 | Appling County | 18,454 | 10.8 | 2,264 | 68 | 12,269.9 | 368.5 |
60 | Clinch County | 6,743 | 10.8 | 941 | 26 | 13,948.3 | 385.6 |
61 | Columbia County | 147,295 | 10.7 | 16,325 | 197 | 11,083.4 | 133.7 |
62 | Oconee County | 37,017 | 10.6 | 3,904 | 69 | 10,547.1 | 186.4 |
63 | Mitchell County | 22,432 | 10.6 | 2,015 | 79 | 8,983.4 | 352.2 |
64 | Richmond County | 201,463 | 10.5 | 23,671 | 476 | 11,749.8 | 236.3 |
65 | Crawford County | 12,344 | 10.5 | 654 | 19 | 5,301.1 | 153.9 |
66 | Decatur County | 26,833 | 10.5 | 2,845 | 67 | 10,601.2 | 249.7 |
67 | Baldwin County | 45,286 | 10.2 | 4,422 | 123 | 9,763.5 | 271.6 |
68 | Berrien County | 19,025 | 10.1 | 1,796 | 41 | 9,440.3 | 215.5 |
69 | Chatham County | 287,049 | 9.7 | 22,309 | 418 | 7,771.7 | 145.6 |
70 | Camden County | 52,714 | 9.5 | 3,855 | 32 | 7,313.4 | 60.7 |
71 | Stewart County | 6,042 | 9.0 | 880 | 23 | 14,556.4 | 380.7 |
72 | Harris County | 33,590 | 8.8 | 2,475 | 55 | 7,369.5 | 163.7 |
73 | Monroe County | 27,010 | 8.6 | 2,565 | 98 | 9,498.2 | 362.8 |
74 | Haralson County | 28,956 | 8.6 | 2,550 | 79 | 8,808.0 | 272.8 |
75 | Meriwether County | 21,113 | 8.6 | 1,929 | 79 | 9,137.0 | 374.2 |
76 | Thomas County | 44,730 | 8.6 | 4,317 | 122 | 9,652.3 | 272.7 |
77 | Fayette County | 111,369 | 8.6 | 8,576 | 157 | 7,700.4 | 141.0 |
78 | White County | 28,928 | 8.6 | 3,107 | 77 | 10,739.7 | 266.2 |
79 | Taylor County | 8,193 | 8.6 | 783 | 25 | 9,562.4 | 305.1 |
80 | Peach County | 26,966 | 8.5 | 2,541 | 55 | 9,424.6 | 204.0 |
81 | Jasper County | 13,784 | 8.4 | 1,371 | 38 | 9,944.7 | 275.7 |
82 | Dougherty County | 91,049 | 8.3 | 7,273 | 294 | 7,988.2 | 322.9 |
83 | Lamar County | 18,513 | 8.3 | 1,957 | 55 | 10,571.6 | 297.1 |
84 | Clarke County | 124,602 | 8.3 | 14,665 | 136 | 11,769.7 | 109.1 |
85 | Tift County | 40,510 | 8.2 | 4,790 | 123 | 11,823.6 | 303.6 |
86 | Houston County | 151,682 | 8.2 | 14,087 | 244 | 9,287.2 | 160.9 |
87 | Union County | 22,775 | 8.2 | 2,143 | 68 | 9,410.4 | 298.6 |
88 | Towns County | 11,417 | 8.2 | 1,174 | 54 | 10,280.0 | 473.0 |
89 | Effingham County | 58,689 | 8.2 | 4,419 | 65 | 7,528.7 | 110.8 |
90 | Quitman County | 2,276 | 8.2 | 162 | 2 | 7,121.8 | 87.9 |
91 | Coweta County | 140,516 | 8.1 | 13,638 | 193 | 9,705.5 | 137.4 |
92 | Pulaski County | 11,295 | 8.0 | 909 | 43 | 8,043.5 | 380.7 |
93 | Burke County | 22,550 | 7.9 | 2,487 | 57 | 11,030.7 | 252.8 |
94 | Turner County | 7,962 | 7.8 | 985 | 34 | 12,365.7 | 427.0 |
95 | Glynn County | 83,974 | 7.7 | 7,844 | 167 | 9,341.5 | 198.9 |
96 | Brantley County | 18,561 | 7.6 | 1,577 | 35 | 8,495.8 | 188.6 |
97 | Talbot County | 6,378 | 7.4 | 468 | 17 | 7,341.9 | 266.5 |
98 | Banks County | 18,510 | 7.4 | 1,764 | 34 | 9,530.0 | 183.7 |
99 | Franklin County | 22,514 | 7.3 | 2,602 | 48 | 11,559.4 | 213.2 |
100 | Gilmer County | 29,922 | 7.3 | 2,854 | 82 | 9,536.9 | 274.0 |
101 | Madison County | 28,900 | 6.9 | 3,159 | 54 | 10,930.1 | 186.9 |
102 | Bleckley County | 12,775 | 6.8 | 1,431 | 50 | 11,200.1 | 391.4 |
103 | Toombs County | 27,048 | 6.8 | 3,309 | 108 | 12,233.4 | 399.3 |
104 | McDuffie County | 21,498 | 6.8 | 2,385 | 44 | 11,095.7 | 204.7 |
105 | McIntosh County | 14,120 | 6.6 | 820 | 16 | 5,810.7 | 113.3 |
106 | Lumpkin County | 31,951 | 6.6 | 2,857 | 67 | 8,940.6 | 209.7 |
107 | Bibb County | 153,490 | 6.5 | 15,404 | 424 | 10,035.7 | 276.2 |
108 | Oglethorpe County | 14,784 | 6.3 | 1,446 | 29 | 9,779.6 | 196.2 |
109 | Telfair County | 16,115 | 6.2 | 1,266 | 54 | 7,854.3 | 335.1 |
110 | Treutlen County | 6,777 | 6.2 | 838 | 25 | 12,372.4 | 368.9 |
111 | Dooly County | 13,905 | 6.1 | 1,058 | 43 | 7,605.9 | 309.2 |
112 | Screven County | 13,990 | 6.1 | 946 | 28 | 6,758.7 | 200.1 |
113 | Tattnall County | 25,353 | 6.0 | 2,271 | 62 | 8,958.7 | 244.5 |
114 | Ben Hill County | 17,154 | 6.0 | 2,061 | 76 | 12,015.7 | 443.0 |
115 | Stephens County | 25,676 | 5.9 | 3,051 | 78 | 11,881.7 | 303.8 |
116 | Wilcox County | 8,846 | 5.9 | 815 | 47 | 9,218.4 | 531.3 |
117 | Irwin County | 9,268 | 5.8 | 900 | 28 | 9,705.6 | 302.1 |
118 | Putnam County | 21,503 | 5.7 | 2,113 | 55 | 9,827.5 | 255.8 |
119 | Hancock County | 8,535 | 5.6 | 902 | 62 | 10,562.5 | 726.4 |
120 | Jefferson County | 15,772 | 5.6 | 1,901 | 63 | 12,053.5 | 399.4 |
121 | Bulloch County | 74,782 | 5.6 | 6,636 | 110 | 8,873.5 | 147.1 |
122 | Heard County | 11,677 | 5.5 | 832 | 18 | 7,129.2 | 154.1 |
123 | Lee County | 29,348 | 5.5 | 2,672 | 56 | 9,102.9 | 190.8 |
124 | Worth County | 20,656 | 5.4 | 1,731 | 66 | 8,380.1 | 319.5 |
125 | Echols County | 3,994 | 5.2 | 461 | 9 | 11,548.9 | 225.3 |
126 | Baker County | 3,189 | 5.2 | 226 | 9 | 7,090.9 | 282.2 |
127 | Laurens County | 47,418 | 5.0 | 5,444 | 164 | 11,481.1 | 345.9 |
128 | Brooks County | 15,622 | 4.8 | 1,369 | 47 | 8,761.9 | 300.9 |
129 | Habersham County | 44,289 | 4.8 | 4,990 | 152 | 11,266.5 | 343.2 |
130 | Jenkins County | 8,827 | 4.7 | 836 | 42 | 9,476.3 | 475.8 |
131 | Coffee County | 42,961 | 4.7 | 5,251 | 166 | 12,222.7 | 386.4 |
132 | Lanier County | 10,366 | 4.6 | 760 | 13 | 7,335.8 | 125.4 |
133 | Wilkes County | 9,884 | 4.5 | 1,065 | 25 | 10,771.0 | 252.9 |
134 | Crisp County | 22,846 | 4.4 | 2,021 | 74 | 8,846.8 | 323.9 |
135 | Glascock County | 3,009 | 4.2 | 262 | 18 | 8,712.2 | 598.2 |
136 | Wilkinson County | 9,078 | 4.2 | 915 | 27 | 10,074.0 | 297.4 |
137 | Pierce County | 19,164 | 4.1 | 2,376 | 55 | 12,400.1 | 287.0 |
138 | Sumter County | 30,352 | 4.0 | 2,510 | 99 | 8,271.0 | 326.2 |
139 | Wheeler County | 7,939 | 3.9 | 621 | 24 | 7,826.6 | 302.3 |
140 | Warren County | 5,346 | 3.9 | 512 | 16 | 9,582.7 | 299.3 |
141 | Hart County | 25,631 | 3.9 | 2,320 | 50 | 9,052.8 | 195.1 |
142 | Jones County | 28,548 | 3.8 | 1,961 | 56 | 6,869.5 | 196.2 |
143 | Grady County | 24,926 | 3.8 | 2,054 | 58 | 8,241.1 | 232.7 |
144 | Evans County | 10,727 | 3.3 | 941 | 28 | 8,767.9 | 261.0 |
145 | Elbert County | 19,212 | 3.3 | 2,264 | 69 | 11,785.8 | 359.2 |
146 | Greene County | 16,976 | 3.2 | 1,776 | 59 | 10,461.9 | 347.5 |
147 | Dodge County | 20,919 | 3.2 | 2,068 | 100 | 9,886.6 | 478.0 |
148 | Twiggs County | 8,284 | 3.1 | 700 | 41 | 8,454.8 | 494.9 |
149 | Washington County | 20,461 | 2.7 | 1,996 | 79 | 9,755.8 | 386.1 |
150 | Charlton County | 12,983 | 2.5 | 1,339 | 30 | 10,311.6 | 231.1 |
151 | Johnson County | 9,730 | 2.2 | 1,101 | 48 | 11,311.7 | 493.3 |
152 | Terrell County | 8,859 | 1.9 | 786 | 45 | 8,877.4 | 508.0 |
153 | Emanuel County | 22,499 | 1.9 | 2,518 | 80 | 11,193.5 | 355.6 |
154 | Montgomery County | 9,036 | 1.7 | 865 | 22 | 9,578.3 | 243.5 |
155 | Long County | 18,156 | 1.3 | 820 | 11 | 4,519.0 | 60.6 |
156 | Marion County | 8,484 | 0.6 | 543 | 19 | 6,403.9 | 224.0 |
157 | Candler County | 10,827 | 0.5 | 926 | 64 | 8,548.3 | 591.1 |
158 | Randolph County | 7,087 | 0.1 | 618 | 33 | 8,725.2 | 465.6 |
159 | Taliaferro County | 1,665 | 0.1 | 122 | 3 | 7,331.5 | 180.2 |
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