As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 41,395,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Oklahoma, a total of 194,391 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 14,192 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,653 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Oklahoma City is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Oklahoma City metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, McClain County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,908 infections in McClain County, or 17,881 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does McClain County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Oklahoma City 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 223 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in McClain County, compared to 183 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Oklahoma City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 17, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClain County, OK | 17,881 | 6,908 | 223 | 86 |
| 2 | Canadian County, OK | 15,514 | 21,209 | 152 | 208 |
| 3 | Cleveland County, OK | 14,315 | 39,615 | 174 | 481 |
| 4 | Oklahoma County,, OK | 13,984 | 109,359 | 182 | 1,427 |
| 5 | Grady County, OK | 13,597 | 7,442 | 258 | 141 |
| 6 | Lincoln County, OK | 12,478 | 4,349 | 247 | 86 |
| 7 | Logan County, OK | 11,965 | 5,509 | 167 | 77 |
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