Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 18, 2022 4:00 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 Salisbury metropolitan area, which covers parts of Maryland and Delaware, a total of 97,056 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,324 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 Salisbury, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Salisbury metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Worcester County in Maryland has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 8,812 confirmed infections in Worcester County, or 17,089 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 310 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Worcester County, below the 355 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Salisbury metro area.

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

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