Special Report

These are the Counties in the Dothan, AL Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 30, 2021 2:30 am

Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 34,256,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Dothan metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 16,281 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,003 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,471 cases per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Dothan is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Dothan metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Henry County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,051 infections in Henry County, or 11,977 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Henry County than they are across all of the Dothan area, however. There have been a total of 263 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Henry County, compared to 284 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Dothan metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 28, 2021.

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