Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 33,216,900 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 35,299 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,616 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,153 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Beaumont-Port Arthur has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.
The broader Beaumont metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Hardin County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,035 infections in Hardin County, or 10,704 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Hardin County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Beaumont area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 202 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hardin County, compared to 181 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 23, 2021.
These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardin County, TX | 10,704 | 6,035 | 202 | 114 |
| 2 | Orange County, TX | 10,457 | 8,789 | 182 | 153 |
| 3 | Jefferson County, TX | 7,773 | 19,837 | 172 | 438 |
| 4 | Newton County, TX | 4,539 | 638 | 270 | 38 |
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