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 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area, located in Colorado, a total of 707,453 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,821 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 25,100 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Denver-Aurora-Lakewood , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.
The broader Denver metro area comprises 10 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Adams County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 136,559 confirmed infections in Adams County, or 27,470 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Adams County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Denver 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 264 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Adams County, compared to 205 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Denver-Aurora-Lakewood 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 | Adams County, CO | 27,470 | 136,559 | 264 | 1,312 |
| 2 | Denver County, CO | 25,722 | 178,364 | 196 | 1,361 |
| 3 | Douglas County, CO | 24,772 | 81,403 | 132 | 433 |
| 4 | Arapahoe County, CO | 24,769 | 157,697 | 188 | 1,198 |
| 5 | Jefferson County, CO | 22,597 | 128,900 | 238 | 1,356 |
| 6 | Broomfield County, CO | 21,363 | 14,125 | 175 | 116 |
| 7 | Elbert County, CO | 19,454 | 4,895 | 159 | 40 |
| 8 | Clear Creek County, CO | 17,123 | 1,606 | 128 | 12 |
| 9 | Park County, CO | 16,795 | 2,921 | 115 | 20 |
| 10 | Gilpin County, CO | 16,594 | 983 | 68 | 4 |
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