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These Are the Counties in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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Since the first case of the omicron variant was detected in the U.S., new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs. To date, 80,481,240 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with the virus — and over 980,000 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 Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 365,174 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,412 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,599 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Louisville/Jefferson County than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Floyd County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 19,027 confirmed infections in Floyd County, or 24,772 for every 100,000 people.
Though Floyd County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 392 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Floyd County, above the 311 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 2, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Floyd County, IN | 24,772 | 19,027 | 392 | 301 |
2 | Trimble County, KY | 25,611 | 2,212 | 452 | 39 |
3 | Clark County, IN | 26,997 | 31,236 | 342 | 396 |
4 | Bullitt County, KY | 27,257 | 21,660 | 274 | 218 |
5 | Harrison County, IN | 27,284 | 10,835 | 348 | 138 |
6 | Oldham County, KY | 28,124 | 18,386 | 216 | 141 |
7 | Shelby County, KY | 28,506 | 13,337 | 342 | 160 |
8 | Spencer County, KY | 29,338 | 5,353 | 323 | 59 |
9 | Jefferson County, KY | 29,526 | 226,513 | 304 | 2,332 |
10 | Henry County, KY | 30,302 | 4,792 | 316 | 50 |
11 | Washington County, KY | 32,873 | 3,951 | 508 | 61 |
12 | Scott County, IN | 33,155 | 7,872 | 446 | 106 |
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