Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 24, 2022 5:15 am

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 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, a total of 119,843 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,970 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 25,100 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Youngstown-Warren-Boardman has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others.

The broader Youngstown metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Mahoning County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 54,021 confirmed infections in Mahoning County, or 23,379 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Mahoning County than they are across all of the Youngstown area, however. There have been a total of 471 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Mahoning County, in line with 463 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 20, 2022.

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