Special Report
This is the County in the New Bern, NC Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 31,708,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the New Bern metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 11,059 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,811 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 9,692 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though New Bern has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others.
The broader New Bern metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Craven County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,134 infections in Craven County, or 8,861 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Craven County than they are across all of the New Bern area, however. There have been a total of 119 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Craven County, in line with 123 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire New Bern metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of April 26, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Craven County | 8,861 | 9,134 | 119 | 123 |
2 | Pamlico County | 8,711 | 1,110 | 102 | 13 |
3 | Jones County | 8,406 | 815 | 186 | 18 |
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