Special Report

This Is the County in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 17, 2022 2:30 am

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 Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 368,557 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,675 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 Louisville/Jefferson County is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Scott County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 7,929 confirmed infections in Scott County, or 33,395 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Scott County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Louisville/Jefferson County 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 446 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Scott County, compared to 314 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 13, 2022.

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