Special Report

This Is the County in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: March 22, 2022 3:30 am

There have been 78,932,300 reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date — and that number continues to grow.

In the Albuquerque metropolitan area, located in New Mexico, a total of 200,247 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,005 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 24,126 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Albuquerque has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.

The broader Albuquerque metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Valencia County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 18,429 infections in Valencia County, or 24,263 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Valencia County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Albuquerque 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 333 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Valencia County, compared to 264 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albuquerque metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of March 18, 2022.

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