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These Are the Counties in the Tallahassee, FL Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

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There have been 80,854,800 confrimed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Tallahassee metropolitan area, located in Florida, a total of 113,866 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,957 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,714 cases per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Tallahassee is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Tallahassee metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Wakulla County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,969 confirmed infections in Wakulla County, or 31,273 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Wakulla County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Tallahassee area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 392 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Wakulla County, compared to 277 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Tallahassee metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 6, 2022.

These are all the counties in Florida 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
1 Wakulla County, FL 31,273 9,969 392 125
2 Leon County, FL 30,006 86,449 229 660
3 Gadsden County, FL 29,287 13,477 448 206
4 Jefferson County, FL 28,153 3,971 432 61

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