Special Report

This is the County in the Terre Haute, IN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 25, 2021 4:30 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 Terre Haute metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 19,419 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,402 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,313 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Terre Haute metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Vigo County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 12,732 infections in Vigo County, or 11,822 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Vigo County than they are across all of the Terre Haute area, however. There have been a total of 237 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Vigo County, in line with 229 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Terre Haute metro area.

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

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