Special Report

This is the County in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 28, 2021 5:45 am

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 34,092,714 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 604,940 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 Cincinnati metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, a total of 224,127 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,334 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,421 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Cincinnati, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Cincinnati metro area comprises 15 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pendleton County in Kentucky has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,068 infections in Pendleton County, or 7,355 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Pendleton County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Cincinnati metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 28 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pendleton County, below the 145 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cincinnati metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 23, 2021.

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