The U.S. has reported more than 30.4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Apr. 7, 2021. More than 550,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 — the highest death toll of any country.

The virus has spread throughout the country in a way that has been difficult to predict, surging in one region, then showing signs of improvement, and then reappearing in other regions. Though local outbreaks may ebb and flow, the current surge in cases has been felt nearly nationwide, leading to new travel restrictions and business closures around the country.

Nationwide, there were an average of 18.7 daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 Americans in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. Cumulatively, the U.S. has reported 9,315.1 cases per 100,000 Americans, and 168.8 deaths per 100,000 Americans.

The extent of the spread of the novel coronavirus continues to vary considerably from state to state, and even from county to county. Even as the number of daily new cases is flattening or even declining in some parts of the country, new cases are surging at a growing rate in others.

The coronavirus has spread to different parts of the country in different stages throughout the pandemic. In the spring, the worst hit states were in the Northeast, as New York City became the epicenter of the nation’s crisis. The virus spread to states throughout the Sun Belt in the summer, and hit states in the Midwest and West during the fall. Now, nearly every state is categorized as a COVID-19 hotspot, according to definitions based on new cases per capita from the nonprofit health organization Kaiser Family Foundation.

In Georgia, there were an average of 12.3 daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. The Georgia case growth rate ranks as the 19th lowest of all 50 states.

While the nation’s largest counties were hit hardest in the early months of the pandemic, nearly every county has suffered from the coronavirus. Outbreaks can occur quickly in places where large numbers of people tend to congregate, leaving counties with colleges, correctional facilities, and nursing homes particularly at risk.

In Chattahoochee County, there were an average of 126.1 new confirmed cases per day per 100,000 residents in the week ending Apr. 7, 2021 — the highest rate of any county in Georgia. Since the pandemic began, the county has reported 3,569 confirmed cases, or 33,147.9 cases per 100,000.

There have been 14 deaths, or 130.0 deaths per 100,000 residents.

To determine the county in each state with the highest rate of daily cases of the virus, 24/7 Wall St. compiled and reviewed data from state and local health departments. We ranked counties according to the average new number of cases per 100,000 residents per day during the week ending Apr. 7, 2021. Population data used to adjust case and death totals came from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey and are five-year estimates.

These are all the counties in Georgia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

No.	County	Population	New daily cases per 100,000	Total cases	Total deaths	Cases per 100,000	Deaths per 100,000
1	Chattahoochee County	10,767	126.1	3,569	14	33,147.9	130.0
2	Bacon County	11,228	110.7	1,607	36	14,311.7	320.6
3	Miller County	5,836	30.9	835	12	14,315.9	205.6
4	Butts County	23,750	30.2	2,903	79	12,221.7	332.6
5	Morgan County	18,235	30.0	2,064	28	11,319.8	153.6
6	Cherokee County	241,910	24.4	29,772	301	12,307.0	124.4
7	Bartow County	103,620	23.4	14,062	215	13,570.7	207.5
8	Walker County	68,824	22.2	7,045	84	10,236.3	122.1
9	Murray County	39,557	21.8	4,723	78	11,938.9	197.2
10	Paulding County	155,840	20.7	15,939	204	10,227.8	130.9
11	Catoosa County	66,299	20.6	5,967	66	9,000.7	99.5
12	Whitfield County	103,849	19.7	16,473	237	15,862.8	228.2
13	Forsyth County	219,880	19.6	21,293	174	9,684.0	79.1
14	Fannin County	24,925	19.3	2,297	65	9,216.9	260.8
15	Atkinson County	8,265	18.9	1,005	17	12,154.5	205.7
16	Clay County	3,001	18.5	237	3	7,901.9	100.0
17	Gordon County	56,790	17.9	7,955	110	14,006.9	193.7
18	Cobb County	745,057	17.8	74,686	990	10,024.3	132.9
19	Henry County	221,307	17.6	23,867	301	10,784.4	136.0
20	Douglas County	141,840	17.6	14,381	205	10,139.0	144.5
21	Pike County	18,082	17.5	2,170	36	12,002.2	199.1
22	Chattooga County	24,817	17.4	2,712	68	10,926.1	274.0
23	Dawson County	23,861	16.9	2,934	40	12,294.8	167.6
24	Seminole County	8,437	16.6	931	18	11,029.1	213.3
25	Wayne County	29,767	16.3	3,466	83	11,643.7	278.8
26	DeKalb County	743,187	16.3	61,854	944	8,322.8	127.0
27	Jackson County	65,755	15.8	9,566	144	14,548.6	219.0
28	Barrow County	76,887	15.5	9,531	127	12,396.7	165.2
29	Calhoun County	6,428	15.3	576	14	8,965.9	217.8
30	Liberty County	62,108	14.8	3,689	60	5,939.8	96.6
31	Schley County	5,211	14.6	341	4	6,547.6	76.8
32	Polk County	41,621	14.4	5,477	88	13,159.5	211.4
33	Colquitt County	45,606	14.4	4,592	114	10,068.0	250.0
34	Fulton County	1,021,902	14.3	92,490	1,290	9,050.7	126.2
35	Ware County	35,599	14.1	4,753	167	13,350.7	469.1
36	Walton County	90,132	14.1	10,239	246	11,359.8	272.9
37	Clayton County	278,666	13.8	24,959	434	8,956.7	155.7
38	Carroll County	116,022	13.7	11,013	228	9,492.4	196.5
39	Muscogee County	196,670	13.1	15,548	421	7,905.5	214.1
40	Floyd County	96,824	13.1	11,682	212	12,064.8	219.0
41	Gwinnett County	902,298	13.1	97,409	1,075	10,795.7	119.1
42	Rockdale County	89,011	13.0	7,228	164	8,120.5	184.2
43	Newton County	106,497	12.8	10,422	228	9,786.1	214.1
44	Lincoln County	7,799	12.7	786	26	10,083.9	333.4
45	Rabun County	16,457	12.6	1,632	47	9,916.3	285.6
46	Macon County	13,480	12.6	832	27	6,175.6	200.3
47	Bryan County	35,885	12.5	3,482	36	9,703.2	100.3
48	Spalding County	64,719	12.3	5,962	182	9,212.7	281.2
49	Pickens County	30,832	12.3	3,275	74	10,621.6	240.0
50	Dade County	16,227	12.3	1,360	12	8,379.7	74.0
51	Lowndes County	114,582	12.1	12,271	200	10,709.3	174.5
52	Troup County	69,774	11.7	7,295	215	10,455.4	308.1
53	Upson County	26,216	11.7	3,358	123	12,808.6	469.2
54	Hall County	195,961	11.4	26,459	440	13,502.2	224.5
55	Jeff Davis County	14,991	11.3	1,841	46	12,281.0	306.9
56	Cook County	17,184	11.3	1,791	40	10,422.6	232.8
57	Webster County	2,613	11.0	141	4	5,399.2	153.1
58	Early County	10,348	11.0	1,155	46	11,158.3	444.5
59	Appling County	18,454	10.8	2,264	68	12,269.9	368.5
60	Clinch County	6,743	10.8	941	26	13,948.3	385.6
61	Columbia County	147,295	10.7	16,325	197	11,083.4	133.7
62	Oconee County	37,017	10.6	3,904	69	10,547.1	186.4
63	Mitchell County	22,432	10.6	2,015	79	8,983.4	352.2
64	Richmond County	201,463	10.5	23,671	476	11,749.8	236.3
65	Crawford County	12,344	10.5	654	19	5,301.1	153.9
66	Decatur County	26,833	10.5	2,845	67	10,601.2	249.7
67	Baldwin County	45,286	10.2	4,422	123	9,763.5	271.6
68	Berrien County	19,025	10.1	1,796	41	9,440.3	215.5
69	Chatham County	287,049	9.7	22,309	418	7,771.7	145.6
70	Camden County	52,714	9.5	3,855	32	7,313.4	60.7
71	Stewart County	6,042	9.0	880	23	14,556.4	380.7
72	Harris County	33,590	8.8	2,475	55	7,369.5	163.7
73	Monroe County	27,010	8.6	2,565	98	9,498.2	362.8
74	Haralson County	28,956	8.6	2,550	79	8,808.0	272.8
75	Meriwether County	21,113	8.6	1,929	79	9,137.0	374.2
76	Thomas County	44,730	8.6	4,317	122	9,652.3	272.7
77	Fayette County	111,369	8.6	8,576	157	7,700.4	141.0
78	White County	28,928	8.6	3,107	77	10,739.7	266.2
79	Taylor County	8,193	8.6	783	25	9,562.4	305.1
80	Peach County	26,966	8.5	2,541	55	9,424.6	204.0
81	Jasper County	13,784	8.4	1,371	38	9,944.7	275.7
82	Dougherty County	91,049	8.3	7,273	294	7,988.2	322.9
83	Lamar County	18,513	8.3	1,957	55	10,571.6	297.1
84	Clarke County	124,602	8.3	14,665	136	11,769.7	109.1
85	Tift County	40,510	8.2	4,790	123	11,823.6	303.6
86	Houston County	151,682	8.2	14,087	244	9,287.2	160.9
87	Union County	22,775	8.2	2,143	68	9,410.4	298.6
88	Towns County	11,417	8.2	1,174	54	10,280.0	473.0
89	Effingham County	58,689	8.2	4,419	65	7,528.7	110.8
90	Quitman County	2,276	8.2	162	2	7,121.8	87.9
91	Coweta County	140,516	8.1	13,638	193	9,705.5	137.4
92	Pulaski County	11,295	8.0	909	43	8,043.5	380.7
93	Burke County	22,550	7.9	2,487	57	11,030.7	252.8
94	Turner County	7,962	7.8	985	34	12,365.7	427.0
95	Glynn County	83,974	7.7	7,844	167	9,341.5	198.9
96	Brantley County	18,561	7.6	1,577	35	8,495.8	188.6
97	Talbot County	6,378	7.4	468	17	7,341.9	266.5
98	Banks County	18,510	7.4	1,764	34	9,530.0	183.7
99	Franklin County	22,514	7.3	2,602	48	11,559.4	213.2
100	Gilmer County	29,922	7.3	2,854	82	9,536.9	274.0
101	Madison County	28,900	6.9	3,159	54	10,930.1	186.9
102	Bleckley County	12,775	6.8	1,431	50	11,200.1	391.4
103	Toombs County	27,048	6.8	3,309	108	12,233.4	399.3
104	McDuffie County	21,498	6.8	2,385	44	11,095.7	204.7
105	McIntosh County	14,120	6.6	820	16	5,810.7	113.3
106	Lumpkin County	31,951	6.6	2,857	67	8,940.6	209.7
107	Bibb County	153,490	6.5	15,404	424	10,035.7	276.2
108	Oglethorpe County	14,784	6.3	1,446	29	9,779.6	196.2
109	Telfair County	16,115	6.2	1,266	54	7,854.3	335.1
110	Treutlen County	6,777	6.2	838	25	12,372.4	368.9
111	Dooly County	13,905	6.1	1,058	43	7,605.9	309.2
112	Screven County	13,990	6.1	946	28	6,758.7	200.1
113	Tattnall County	25,353	6.0	2,271	62	8,958.7	244.5
114	Ben Hill County	17,154	6.0	2,061	76	12,015.7	443.0
115	Stephens County	25,676	5.9	3,051	78	11,881.7	303.8
116	Wilcox County	8,846	5.9	815	47	9,218.4	531.3
117	Irwin County	9,268	5.8	900	28	9,705.6	302.1
118	Putnam County	21,503	5.7	2,113	55	9,827.5	255.8
119	Hancock County	8,535	5.6	902	62	10,562.5	726.4
120	Jefferson County	15,772	5.6	1,901	63	12,053.5	399.4
121	Bulloch County	74,782	5.6	6,636	110	8,873.5	147.1
122	Heard County	11,677	5.5	832	18	7,129.2	154.1
123	Lee County	29,348	5.5	2,672	56	9,102.9	190.8
124	Worth County	20,656	5.4	1,731	66	8,380.1	319.5
125	Echols County	3,994	5.2	461	9	11,548.9	225.3
126	Baker County	3,189	5.2	226	9	7,090.9	282.2
127	Laurens County	47,418	5.0	5,444	164	11,481.1	345.9
128	Brooks County	15,622	4.8	1,369	47	8,761.9	300.9
129	Habersham County	44,289	4.8	4,990	152	11,266.5	343.2
130	Jenkins County	8,827	4.7	836	42	9,476.3	475.8
131	Coffee County	42,961	4.7	5,251	166	12,222.7	386.4
132	Lanier County	10,366	4.6	760	13	7,335.8	125.4
133	Wilkes County	9,884	4.5	1,065	25	10,771.0	252.9
134	Crisp County	22,846	4.4	2,021	74	8,846.8	323.9
135	Glascock County	3,009	4.2	262	18	8,712.2	598.2
136	Wilkinson County	9,078	4.2	915	27	10,074.0	297.4
137	Pierce County	19,164	4.1	2,376	55	12,400.1	287.0
138	Sumter County	30,352	4.0	2,510	99	8,271.0	326.2
139	Wheeler County	7,939	3.9	621	24	7,826.6	302.3
140	Warren County	5,346	3.9	512	16	9,582.7	299.3
141	Hart County	25,631	3.9	2,320	50	9,052.8	195.1
142	Jones County	28,548	3.8	1,961	56	6,869.5	196.2
143	Grady County	24,926	3.8	2,054	58	8,241.1	232.7
144	Evans County	10,727	3.3	941	28	8,767.9	261.0
145	Elbert County	19,212	3.3	2,264	69	11,785.8	359.2
146	Greene County	16,976	3.2	1,776	59	10,461.9	347.5
147	Dodge County	20,919	3.2	2,068	100	9,886.6	478.0
148	Twiggs County	8,284	3.1	700	41	8,454.8	494.9
149	Washington County	20,461	2.7	1,996	79	9,755.8	386.1
150	Charlton County	12,983	2.5	1,339	30	10,311.6	231.1
151	Johnson County	9,730	2.2	1,101	48	11,311.7	493.3
152	Terrell County	8,859	1.9	786	45	8,877.4	508.0
153	Emanuel County	22,499	1.9	2,518	80	11,193.5	355.6
154	Montgomery County	9,036	1.7	865	22	9,578.3	243.5
155	Long County	18,156	1.3	820	11	4,519.0	60.6
156	Marion County	8,484	0.6	543	19	6,403.9	224.0
157	Candler County	10,827	0.5	926	64	8,548.3	591.1
158	Randolph County	7,087	0.1	618	33	8,725.2	465.6
159	Taliaferro County	1,665	0.1	122	3	7,331.5	180.2

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