Special Report

This Is the County in the Springfield, MO Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 11, 2022 4:45 am

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, 80,931,088 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 Springfield metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 112,208 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,455 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 24,737 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Springfield, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

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 3,819 confirmed infections in Dallas County, or 23,147 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 436 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Dallas County, above the 355 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Springfield metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 9, 2022.

These are all the counties in Missouri where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).