Special Report

This is the County in the Macon, GA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 25, 2021 5:00 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 Macon metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 22,569 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,826 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,313 cases per 100,000 people.

Though there is little variance in the per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Macon, there are parts of the metro area where the virus is slightly more common.

The broader Macon metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Bibb County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 16,327 infections in Bibb County, or 10,637 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Bibb County than they are across all of the Macon area, however. There have been a total of 305 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Bibb County, in line with 305 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Macon metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Georgia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).