Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Warner Robins, GA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: January 19, 2022 2:15 am

As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, 62,973,416 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 839,043 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 Warner Robins metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 38,367 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 20,199 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 19,248 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Warner Robins metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pulaski County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,733 infections in Pulaski County, or 15,343 for every 100,000 people.

Though Pulaski County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Warner Robins metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 602 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pulaski County, above the 323 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Warner Robins metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 14, 2022.

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