As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Roanoke metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 33,263 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,617 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Roanoke 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 Roanoke metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, the city of Salem has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,904 infections in the city of Salem, or 11,380 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Salem have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Roanoke 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 216 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in the city of Salem, compared to 177 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Roanoke metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem City, VA | 11,380 | 2,904 | 216 | 55 |
| 2 | Roanoke County, VA | 11,175 | 10,458 | 163 | 153 |
| 3 | Roanoke City, VA | 10,871 | 10,830 | 214 | 213 |
| 4 | Botetourt County, VA | 9,897 | 3,288 | 117 | 39 |
| 5 | Franklin County, VA | 9,461 | 5,320 | 160 | 90 |
| 6 | Craig County, VA | 9,055 | 463 | 117 | 6 |
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