Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Albany, GA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: January 11, 2022 1:45 am

As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, there have been 57,535,900 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Albany metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 23,889 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,603 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 17,586 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Albany has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.

The broader Albany metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Lee County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,154 infections in Lee County, or 17,562 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Lee County than they are across all of the Albany area, however. There have been a total of 293 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Lee County, compared to 448 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albany metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 7, 2022.

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