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These Are the Counties in the Grand Island, NE Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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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 Grand Island metropolitan area, located in Nebraska, a total of 13,962 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,478 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 Grand Island than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Grand Island metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Howard County in Nebraska has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 785 infections in Howard County, or 12,256 for every 100,000 people.
Though Howard County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Grand Island metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 219 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Howard County, above the 183 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Grand Island 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 |
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1 | Howard County, NE | 12,256 | 785 | 219 | 14 |
2 | Merrick County, NE | 14,994 | 1,170 | 179 | 14 |
3 | Hamilton County, NE | 15,613 | 1,433 | 207 | 19 |
4 | Hall County, NE | 17,238 | 10,574 | 176 | 108 |
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