Special Report

This is the County in the Jefferson City, MO Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 9, 2021 4:00 am

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,027,029 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 591,694 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 Jefferson City metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 17,673 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,692 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,095 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Jefferson City than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Jefferson City metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Callaway County in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,030 infections in Callaway County, or 11,218 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Callaway County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Jefferson City metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 112 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Callaway County, below the 149 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Jefferson City metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 7, 2021.

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