This is the County in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area, located in Washington, a total of 214,852 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 5,640 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Seattle metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Snohomish County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 41,553 infections in Snohomish County, or 5,282 for every 100,000 people.

Though Snohomish County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Seattle metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 78 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Snohomish County, compared to 78 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area.

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

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