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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area, located in Maryland, a total of 259,734 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,299 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Baltimore metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Howard County in Maryland has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 23,417 infections in Howard County, or 7,426 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Howard County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Baltimore metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 90 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Howard County, below the 181 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Baltimore-Columbia-Towson 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 | Howard County, MD | 7,426 | 23,417 | 90 | 283 |
| 2 | Carroll County, MD | 7,492 | 12,550 | 176 | 295 |
| 3 | Queen Anne’s County, MD | 8,340 | 4,116 | 152 | 75 |
| 4 | Harford County, MD | 8,673 | 21,772 | 145 | 364 |
| 5 | Baltimore County, MD | 9,585 | 79,329 | 228 | 1,889 |
| 6 | Anne Arundel County, MD | 9,666 | 54,875 | 139 | 788 |
| 7 | Baltimore City, MD | 10,359 | 63,675 | 223 | 1,372 |
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