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 Springfield metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 72,419 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,783 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 Springfield than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Springfield metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Dallas County in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,394 infections in Dallas County, or 14,510 for every 100,000 people.
Though Dallas County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Springfield metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 261 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Dallas County, above the 228 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Springfield 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 | Dallas County, MO | 14,510 | 2,394 | 261 | 43 |
| 2 | Greene County, MO | 15,629 | 45,080 | 240 | 691 |
| 3 | Webster County, MO | 15,648 | 5,959 | 252 | 96 |
| 4 | Christian County, MO | 16,240 | 13,686 | 198 | 167 |
| 5 | Polk County, MO | 16,799 | 5,300 | 158 | 50 |
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