Special Report
This Is the County in the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metropolitan area, which covers parts of Oregon and Washington, a total of 390,620 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,155 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 24,737 cases per 100,000 people.
The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Portland metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Skamania County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,517 confirmed infections in Skamania County, or 13,055 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Skamania County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Portland metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 112 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Skamania County, below the 147 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro 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 | Skamania County, WA | 13,055 | 1,517 | 112 | 13 |
2 | Multnomah County, OR | 15,160 | 121,078 | 150 | 1,199 |
3 | Washington County, OR | 15,323 | 89,155 | 102 | 592 |
4 | Clackamas County, OR | 15,408 | 62,522 | 155 | 629 |
5 | Columbia County, OR | 15,455 | 7,859 | 185 | 94 |
6 | Yamhill County, OR | 17,393 | 18,057 | 212 | 220 |
7 | Clark County, WA | 19,432 | 90,432 | 172 | 799 |
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