Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, 47,702,004 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 770,162 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 Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol metropolitan area, which covers parts of Tennessee and Virginia, a total of 52,316 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 17,075 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,580 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Kingsport metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bristol, an independent city in Virginia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,364 infections in Bristol, or 14,036 for every 100,000 people.
Though Bristol City has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Kingsport metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.
There have been a total of 291 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Bristol, compared to 297 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 26, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bristol City, VA | 14,036 | 2,364 | 291 | 49 |
| 2 | Washington County, VA | 14,647 | 7,969 | 287 | 156 |
| 3 | Scott County, VA | 15,403 | 3,390 | 382 | 84 |
| 4 | Sullivan County, TN | 17,822 | 27,933 | 282 | 442 |
| 5 | Hawkins County, TN | 18,900 | 10,660 | 319 | 180 |
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