With the ongoing surge of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 42,163,561 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 673,728 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 Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which covers parts of Nebraska and Iowa, a total of 134,181 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 14,539 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,887 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Omaha-Council Bluffs than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Omaha metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents — and of them, Mills County in Iowa has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,852 infections in Mills County, or 12,382 for every 100,000 people.
Though Mills County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Omaha metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 160 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Mills County, above the 137 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 23, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mills County, IA | 12,382 | 1,852 | 160 | 24 |
| 2 | Cass County, NE | 12,482 | 3,208 | 62 | 16 |
| 3 | Washington County, NE | 12,716 | 2,571 | 138 | 28 |
| 4 | Saunders County, NE | 13,756 | 2,892 | 90 | 19 |
| 5 | Pottawattamie County, IA | 13,965 | 13,058 | 196 | 183 |
| 6 | Harrison County, IA | 14,056 | 1,988 | 530 | 75 |
| 7 | Douglas County, NE | 14,794 | 82,103 | 138 | 765 |
| 8 | Sarpy County, NE | 14,863 | 26,509 | 84 | 150 |
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