As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 41,395,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 469,736 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,881 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,653 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Detroit-Warren-Dearborn has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.
The broader Detroit metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Macomb County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 108,638 infections in Macomb County, or 12,506 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Macomb County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Detroit 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 295 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Macomb County, compared to 263 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 17, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macomb County, MI | 12,506 | 108,638 | 295 | 2,562 |
| 2 | St. Clair County, MI | 12,411 | 19,804 | 296 | 472 |
| 3 | Lapeer County, MI | 11,461 | 10,109 | 249 | 220 |
| 4 | Oakland County, MI | 10,467 | 130,926 | 203 | 2,544 |
| 5 | Wayne County, MI | 10,279 | 181,053 | 303 | 5,337 |
| 6 | Livingston County, MI | 10,190 | 19,206 | 111 | 209 |
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