Special Report

COVID-19: This is the Least Dangerous County in the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 18, 2021 3:15 am

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,151,678 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 594,888 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 Warner Robins metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 18,453 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,715 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,133 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Warner Robins, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Warner Robins metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pulaski County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 934 infections in Pulaski County, or 8,269 for every 100,000 people.

Though Pulaski County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Warner Robins metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 398 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pulaski County, above the 200 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Warner Robins metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 16, 2021.

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