Special Report
This is the County in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Cincinnati metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, a total of 273,833 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 12,626 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Cincinnati , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.
The broader Cincinnati metro area comprises 15 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Dearborn County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 7,622 infections in Dearborn County, or 15,398 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Dearborn County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Cincinnati 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 180 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Dearborn County, compared to 157 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cincinnati metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Dearborn County, IN | 15,398 | 7,622 | 180 | 89 |
2 | Boone County, KY | 14,077 | 18,173 | 135 | 174 |
3 | Mason County, KY | 13,566 | 2,327 | 280 | 48 |
4 | Ohio County, IN | 13,538 | 797 | 187 | 11 |
5 | Warren County, OH | 13,242 | 30,001 | 146 | 331 |
6 | Brown County, OH | 12,915 | 5,641 | 163 | 71 |
7 | Kenton County, KY | 12,873 | 21,201 | 143 | 236 |
8 | Gallatin County, KY | 12,731 | 1,108 | 414 | 36 |
9 | Clermont County, OH | 12,611 | 25,628 | 144 | 292 |
10 | Butler County, OH | 12,534 | 47,417 | 173 | 655 |
11 | Campbell County, KY | 12,215 | 11,270 | 95 | 88 |
12 | Hamilton County, OH | 12,020 | 97,605 | 163 | 1,320 |
13 | Bracken County, KY | 11,654 | 968 | 96 | 8 |
14 | Pendleton County, KY | 11,584 | 1,682 | 83 | 12 |
15 | Franklin County, IN | 10,476 | 2,393 | 166 | 38 |
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