Special Report

This is the County in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 28, 2021 2:45 am

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 34,092,714 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 604,940 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 Johnson City metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 23,880 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,867 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,421 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Johnson City than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Johnson City metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Unicoi County in Tennessee has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,078 infections in Unicoi County, or 11,687 for every 100,000 people.

Though Unicoi County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Johnson City metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 281 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Unicoi County, above the 232 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Johnson City metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 23, 2021.

These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).