Special Report

This is the County in the Madison, WI Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 28, 2021 4:00 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 Madison metropolitan area, located in Wisconsin, a total of 58,868 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,095 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,421 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Madison is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Madison metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Dane County in Wisconsin has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 47,070 infections in Dane County, or 8,884 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 64 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Dane County, below the 70 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Madison metro area.

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

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