Special Report
This Is the County in the Abilene, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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To date, 83,656,424 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — 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 Abilene metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 39,438 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 23,198 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 25,570 cases per 100,000 people.
The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Abilene is being driven by one area in particular.
The broader Abilene metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Callahan County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,947 confirmed infections in Callahan County, or 21,402 for every 100,000 people.
Though Callahan County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Abilene metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.
There have been a total of 523 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Callahan County, compared to 524 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Abilene metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 6, 2022.
These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Callahan County, TX | 21,402 | 2,947 | 523 | 72 |
2 | Taylor County, TX | 23,340 | 31,823 | 532 | 725 |
3 | Jones County, TX | 23,468 | 4,668 | 468 | 93 |
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