Special Report
This Is the County in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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There have been 87,176,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Lubbock metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 99,838 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 31,885 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,646 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Lubbock is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Lubbock metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Crosby County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,932 confirmed infections in Crosby County, or 32,964 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Crosby County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Lubbock 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 768 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Crosby County, compared to 453 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lubbock metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 10, 2022.
These are all the counties in Texas 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 | Crosby County, TX | 32,964 | 1,932 | 768 | 45 |
2 | Lubbock County, TX | 31,957 | 96,336 | 444 | 1,337 |
3 | Lynn County, TX | 27,032 | 1,570 | 654 | 38 |
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