With the ongoing surge of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 42,163,561 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 673,728 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.
In the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 20,380 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,177 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,887 cases per 100,000 people.
The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Blacksburg metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Floyd County in Virginia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,218 infections in Floyd County, or 7,775 for every 100,000 people.
Though Floyd County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Blacksburg metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 153 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Floyd County, above the 131 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 23, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floyd County, VA | 7,775 | 1,218 | 153 | 24 |
| 2 | Pulaski County, VA | 10,379 | 3,553 | 219 | 75 |
| 3 | Montgomery County, VA | 11,198 | 10,974 | 89 | 87 |
| 4 | Giles County, VA | 11,389 | 1,915 | 143 | 24 |
| 5 | Radford City, VA | 15,428 | 2,720 | 164 | 29 |
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