With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the Delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 34,811,492 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 608,288 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 Jacksonville metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 193,535 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,118 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,640 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Jacksonville than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Jacksonville metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Clay County in Florida has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 23,778 infections in Clay County, or 11,471 for every 100,000 people.
Though Clay County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Jacksonville metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 170 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Clay County, above the 152 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Jacksonville metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of August 3, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clay County, FL | 11,471 | 23,778 | 170 | 352 |
| 2 | St. Johns County, FL | 11,988 | 28,232 | 94 | 221 |
| 3 | Duval County, FL | 13,633 | 126,004 | 160 | 1,483 |
| 4 | Nassau County, FL | 13,861 | 11,169 | 158 | 127 |
| 5 | Baker County, FL | 15,663 | 4,352 | 223 | 62 |
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