Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are rising once again in much of the United States. To date, 49,376,412 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 788,332 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 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area, which covers parts of Arkansas and Missouri, a total of 97,329 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 18,489 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 15,092 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Fayetteville metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, McDonald County in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,817 infections in McDonald County, or 16,721 for every 100,000 people.
Though McDonald County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Fayetteville metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.
There have been a total of 245 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in McDonald County, compared to 237 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 13, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDonald County, MO | 16,721 | 3,817 | 245 | 56 |
| 2 | Madison County, AR | 17,050 | 2,741 | 255 | 41 |
| 3 | Benton County, AR | 17,209 | 44,567 | 250 | 648 |
| 4 | Washington County, AR | 20,218 | 46,204 | 220 | 502 |
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