Special Report
This Is the County in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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There have been 81,417,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Champaign-Urbana metropolitan area, located in Illinois, a total of 75,861 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 31,705 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Champaign-Urbana is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Champaign metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Ford County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,489 confirmed infections in Ford County, or 33,505 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Ford County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Champaign area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 500 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Ford County, compared to 158 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Champaign-Urbana metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Ford County, IL | 33,505 | 4,489 | 500 | 67 |
2 | Champaign County, IL | 31,898 | 66,809 | 138 | 288 |
3 | Piatt County, IL | 27,777 | 4,563 | 140 | 23 |
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