Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 15, 2022 2:15 am

To date, 84,392,347 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 Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, located in Iowa, a total of 66,483 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,778 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 25,795 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Cedar Rapids, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Cedar Rapids metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Benton County in Iowa has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,258 confirmed infections in Benton County, or 24,421 for every 100,000 people.

Though Benton County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Cedar Rapids metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 308 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Benton County, above the 276 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cedar Rapids metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 13, 2022.

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