Special Report

This Is the County in the Pine Bluff, AR Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 22, 2022 3:00 am

To date, 85,007,630 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 Pine Bluff metropolitan area, located in Arkansas, a total of 26,101 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,265 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 25,983 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Pine Bluff than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Pine Bluff metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Jefferson County in Arkansas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 18,854 confirmed infections in Jefferson County, or 26,772 for every 100,000 people.

Though Jefferson County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Pine Bluff metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 393 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Jefferson County, compared to 413 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Pine Bluff metro area.

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

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