Special Report

This Is the County in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 3:45 am

To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 290,963 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,699 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Grand Rapids metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Montcalm County in Michigan has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 15,915 confirmed infections in Montcalm County, or 25,178 for every 100,000 people.

Though Montcalm County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Grand Rapids metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 343 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Montcalm County, above the 265 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Grand Rapids-Wyoming metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.

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