Special Report
This Is the County in the Rochester, MN 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, 80,931,088 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 Rochester metropolitan area, located in Minnesota, a total of 59,118 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,365 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,737 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Rochester than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Rochester metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Fillmore County in Minnesota has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,879 confirmed infections in Fillmore County, or 23,358 for every 100,000 people.
Though Fillmore County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Rochester metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.
There have been a total of 115 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Fillmore County, compared to 113 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Rochester metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 9, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Fillmore County, MN | 23,358 | 4,879 | 115 | 24 |
2 | Wabasha County, MN | 26,614 | 5,722 | 74 | 16 |
3 | Olmsted County, MN | 27,888 | 42,687 | 120 | 183 |
4 | Dodge County, MN | 28,326 | 5,830 | 102 | 21 |
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