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, 46,570,559 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 754,062 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 Tulsa metropolitan area, located in Oklahoma, a total of 163,849 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,630 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,234 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Tulsa than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Tulsa metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Osage County in Oklahoma has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,945 infections in Osage County, or 14,679 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Osage County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Tulsa metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 268 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Osage County, below the 283 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Tulsa metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 15, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osage County, OK | 14,679 | 6,945 | 268 | 127 |
| 2 | Okmulgee County, OK | 15,390 | 5,985 | 363 | 141 |
| 3 | Creek County, OK | 15,847 | 11,277 | 370 | 263 |
| 4 | Pawnee County, OK | 16,222 | 2,665 | 402 | 66 |
| 5 | Wagoner County, OK | 16,459 | 12,813 | 266 | 207 |
| 6 | Tulsa County, OK | 16,844 | 108,272 | 264 | 1,694 |
| 7 | Rogers County, OK | 17,500 | 15,892 | 323 | 293 |
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