Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 4, 2022 5:30 am

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, 80,481,240 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with the virus — and over 980,000 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 Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 365,174 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,412 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,599 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Louisville/Jefferson County than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Floyd County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 19,027 confirmed infections in Floyd County, or 24,772 for every 100,000 people.

Though Floyd County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 392 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Floyd County, above the 311 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 2, 2022.

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