Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Montgomery, AL Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: December 1, 2021 3:00 am

Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, 47,702,004 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 770,162 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 Montgomery metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 62,644 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,768 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,580 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Montgomery metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Montgomery County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 34,467 infections in Montgomery County, or 15,188 for every 100,000 people.

Though Montgomery County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Montgomery metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 344 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Montgomery County, compared to 348 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Montgomery metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 26, 2021.

These are all the counties in Alabama where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).