Special Report

This is the County in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 11, 2021 3:45 am

Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 33,056,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Grand Island metropolitan area, located in Nebraska, a total of 10,176 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 12,010 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,104 cases per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Grand Island is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Grand Island metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Hall County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 7,863 infections in Hall County, or 12,818 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Hall County than they are across all of the Grand Island area, however. There have been a total of 191 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hall County, in line with 188 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Grand Island metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 9, 2021.

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