There have been 82,117,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Oklahoma, a total of 363,946 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,570 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 25,100 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Oklahoma City is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Oklahoma City metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, McClain County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 11,773 confirmed infections in McClain County, or 30,473 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does McClain County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Oklahoma City 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 355 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in McClain County, compared to 318 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Oklahoma City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 20, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClain County, OK | 30,473 | 11,773 | 355 | 137 |
| 2 | Canadian County, OK | 29,178 | 39,889 | 285 | 390 |
| 3 | Cleveland County, OK | 28,805 | 79,713 | 297 | 822 |
| 4 | Oklahoma County,, OK | 25,573 | 199,990 | 315 | 2,467 |
| 5 | Grady County, OK | 25,164 | 13,773 | 449 | 246 |
| 6 | Logan County, OK | 23,697 | 10,911 | 347 | 160 |
| 7 | Lincoln County, OK | 22,657 | 7,897 | 402 | 140 |
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