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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metropolitan area, which covers parts of Oregon and Washington, a total of 192,739 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 7,971 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 14,580 cases per 100,000 people.
The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Portland metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Washington County in Oregon has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 41,476 infections in Washington County, or 7,129 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Washington County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Portland metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 67 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Washington County, below the 96 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 | Washington County, OR | 7,129 | 41,476 | 67 | 389 |
| 2 | Skamania County, WA | 7,212 | 838 | 60 | 7 |
| 3 | Multnomah County, OR | 7,473 | 59,683 | 104 | 833 |
| 4 | Clackamas County, OR | 7,973 | 32,354 | 91 | 369 |
| 5 | Columbia County, OR | 8,307 | 4,224 | 104 | 53 |
| 6 | Yamhill County, OR | 9,280 | 9,635 | 136 | 141 |
| 7 | Clark County, WA | 9,568 | 44,529 | 115 | 534 |
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