Special Report
To date, 85,673,420 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metropolitan area, which covers parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, a total of 734,845 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,713 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,186 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Charlotte metro area comprises 10 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Mecklenburg County in North Carolina has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 302,676 confirmed infections in Mecklenburg County, or 28,708 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Mecklenburg County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Charlotte metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 157 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Mecklenburg County, below the 239 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 27, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 28,708 | 302,676 | 157 | 1,654 |
| 2 | Union County, NC | 29,098 | 65,963 | 219 | 497 |
| 3 | Lancaster County, SC | 29,462 | 26,382 | 315 | 282 |
| 4 | Cabarrus County, NC | 29,628 | 59,686 | 252 | 508 |
| 5 | Iredell County, NC | 29,712 | 51,261 | 276 | 477 |
| 6 | Rowan County, NC | 30,938 | 43,191 | 425 | 594 |
| 7 | Lincoln County, NC | 31,316 | 25,504 | 223 | 182 |
| 8 | York County, SC | 31,407 | 81,231 | 267 | 690 |
| 9 | Gaston County, NC | 31,676 | 68,605 | 398 | 863 |
| 10 | Chester County, SC | 32,005 | 10,346 | 476 | 154 |
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