Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Sioux Falls, SD Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 29, 2022 4:00 am

To date, 85,673,420 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 Sioux Falls metropolitan area, located in South Dakota, a total of 77,470 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,328 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,186 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Sioux Falls than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Sioux Falls metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Turner County in South Dakota has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,991 confirmed infections in Turner County, or 24,092 for every 100,000 people.

Though Turner County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Sioux Falls metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 750 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Turner County, above the 282 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Sioux Falls metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 27, 2022.

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