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These Are the Counties in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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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 Rapid City metropolitan area, located in South Dakota, a total of 42,075 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,959 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 Rapid City is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Rapid City metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Pennington County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 32,979 confirmed infections in Pennington County, or 30,175 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Pennington County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Rapid 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 315 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Pennington County, compared to 299 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Rapid 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 |
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1 | Pennington County, SD | 30,175 | 32,979 | 315 | 344 |
2 | Meade County, SD | 25,729 | 7,056 | 233 | 64 |
3 | Custer County, SD | 23,796 | 2,040 | 303 | 26 |
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