Special Report

This is the County in the Dothan, AL Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 25, 2021 2:30 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 33,741,500 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Dothan metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 15,826 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,696 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,313 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Dothan , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.

The broader Dothan metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Henry County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,009 infections in Henry County, or 11,732 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Henry County than they are across all of the Dothan area, however. There have been a total of 257 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Henry County, compared to 282 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Dothan metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 20, 2021.

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