Special Report

This Is the County in the Springfield, MO Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 14, 2022 3:15 am

There have been 84,292,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Springfield metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 113,801 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,802 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 25,764 cases per 100,000 people.

Though there is little variance in the per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Springfield, there are parts of the metro area where the virus is slightly more common.

The broader Springfield metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Polk County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 8,120 confirmed infections in Polk County, or 25,738 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Polk County than they are across all of the Springfield area, however. There have been a total of 342 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Polk County, in line with 357 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Springfield metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 12, 2022.

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