There have been 85,673,400 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan area, which covers parts of Virginia and North Carolina, a total of 364,711 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,179 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,186 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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 Virginia Beach metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, the city of Portsmouth has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 22,211 confirmed infections in the city of Portsmouth, or 23,304 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Portsmouth have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Virginia Beach area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 354 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in the city of Portsmouth, compared to 220 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 26, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth City, VA | 23,304 | 22,211 | 354 | 337 |
| 2 | James City County, VA | 22,641 | 16,789 | 166 | 123 |
| 3 | Suffolk City, VA | 22,612 | 20,161 | 342 | 305 |
| 4 | Chesapeake City, VA | 22,603 | 53,755 | 212 | 504 |
| 5 | Hampton City, VA | 22,340 | 30,289 | 244 | 331 |
| 6 | Newport News City, VA | 21,918 | 39,485 | 225 | 406 |
| 7 | Virginia Beach City, VA | 21,514 | 96,843 | 185 | 831 |
| 8 | Isle of Wight County, VA | 21,321 | 7,755 | 324 | 118 |
| 9 | Gloucester County, VA | 20,890 | 7,763 | 283 | 105 |
| 10 | Poquoson City, VA | 20,832 | 2,508 | 249 | 30 |
| 11 | Currituck County, NC | 20,666 | 5,331 | 143 | 37 |
| 12 | Norfolk City, VA | 18,478 | 45,380 | 195 | 478 |
| 13 | Mathews County, VA | 18,065 | 1,589 | 307 | 27 |
| 14 | Gates County, NC | 17,452 | 2,018 | 173 | 20 |
| 15 | York County, VA | 16,166 | 10,926 | 161 | 109 |
| 16 | Williamsburg City, VA | 12,902 | 1,908 | 156 | 23 |
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