Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 18, 2022 2:45 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, 81,519,474 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with the virus — and over 1 million 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 Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 115,909 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,319 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 24,917 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Lansing metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Ingham County in Michigan has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 66,384 confirmed infections in Ingham County, or 22,926 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Ingham County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Lansing metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 266 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Ingham County, below the 290 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lansing-East Lansing metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 16, 2022.

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