Special Report
This Is the County in the Boise City, ID 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 Boise City metropolitan area, located in Idaho, a total of 206,408 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,744 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 25,570 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Boise City than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Boise City metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Boise County in Idaho has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,114 confirmed infections in Boise County, or 15,552 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Boise County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Boise City metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 195 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Boise County, below the 267 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Boise City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 6, 2022.
These are all the counties in Idaho 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 | Boise County, ID | 15,552 | 1,114 | 195 | 14 |
2 | Owyhee County, ID | 19,956 | 2,286 | 463 | 53 |
3 | Gem County, ID | 21,734 | 3,706 | 463 | 79 |
4 | Canyon County, ID | 29,248 | 62,072 | 324 | 687 |
5 | Ada County, ID | 30,765 | 137,230 | 229 | 1,023 |
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