Special Report

This Is the County in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 21, 2021 5:15 am

As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 41,395,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Syracuse metropolitan area, located in New York, a total of 59,093 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,026 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,653 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Onondaga County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 44,596 infections in Onondaga County, or 9,606 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Onondaga County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Syracuse 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 151 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Onondaga County, compared to 137 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Syracuse metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 17, 2021.

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