Special Report
This Is the County in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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There have been 81,417,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 556,576 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,857 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Nashville metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Trousdale County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,238 confirmed infections in Trousdale County, or 44,270 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Trousdale County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Nashville 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 470 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Trousdale County, compared to 304 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trousdale County, TN | 44,270 | 4,238 | 470 | 45 |
2 | Macon County, TN | 36,097 | 8,478 | 617 | 145 |
3 | Maury County, TN | 32,483 | 29,162 | 384 | 345 |
4 | Smith County, TN | 31,714 | 6,171 | 437 | 85 |
5 | Wilson County, TN | 31,637 | 41,970 | 365 | 484 |
6 | Rutherford County, TN | 31,378 | 96,372 | 294 | 903 |
7 | Robertson County, TN | 31,187 | 21,626 | 440 | 305 |
8 | Dickson County, TN | 30,751 | 15,987 | 471 | 245 |
9 | Cannon County, TN | 30,245 | 4,227 | 451 | 63 |
10 | Sumner County, TN | 29,812 | 53,504 | 406 | 728 |
11 | Williamson County, TN | 28,737 | 62,833 | 186 | 406 |
12 | Davidson County, TN | 28,390 | 194,191 | 245 | 1,676 |
13 | Hickman County, TN | 27,758 | 6,850 | 446 | 110 |
14 | Cheatham County, TN | 27,466 | 10,967 | 298 | 119 |
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