Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 18, 2022 5:45 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 556,576 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,857 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,917 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Nashville metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Cheatham County in Tennessee has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 10,967 confirmed infections in Cheatham County, or 27,466 for every 100,000 people.

Though Cheatham County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Nashville metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 298 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Cheatham County, compared to 304 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).