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Since the first case of the omicron variant was detected in the U.S., new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs. To date, 78,099,364 Americans have been infected with the virus — and over 900,000 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 1,730,643 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 23,854 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 23,871 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 15,647 infections in Hunt County, or 16,980 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 380 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Hunt County, above the 249 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 Feb. 28, 2022.
These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Hunt County, TX | 16,980 | 15,647 | 380 | 350 |
2 | Collin County, TX | 21,478 | 202,831 | 151 | 1,427 |
3 | Denton County, TX | 21,739 | 175,441 | 159 | 1,285 |
4 | Dallas County, TX | 21,800 | 563,876 | 249 | 6,437 |
5 | Hood County, TX | 23,263 | 13,237 | 457 | 260 |
6 | Somervell County, TX | 23,962 | 2,095 | 389 | 34 |
7 | Johnson County, TX | 25,400 | 41,523 | 427 | 698 |
8 | Wise County, TX | 25,868 | 16,721 | 393 | 254 |
9 | Parker County, TX | 26,013 | 33,765 | 327 | 424 |
10 | Tarrant County, TX | 27,567 | 556,847 | 277 | 5,590 |
11 | Rockwall County, TX | 27,677 | 25,917 | 273 | 256 |
12 | Ellis County, TX | 28,412 | 47,971 | 333 | 563 |
13 | Kaufman County, TX | 29,242 | 34,772 | 429 | 510 |
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