Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, there have been 47,702,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Macon metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 36,050 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,696 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,580 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Macon is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Macon metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Bibb County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 25,982 infections in Bibb County, or 16,927 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Bibb County than they are across all of the Macon area, however. There have been a total of 426 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Bibb County, in line with 440 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Macon metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Nov. 26, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bibb County, GA | 16,927 | 25,982 | 426 | 654 |
| 2 | Monroe County, GA | 15,809 | 4,270 | 563 | 152 |
| 3 | Twiggs County, GA | 13,351 | 1,106 | 748 | 62 |
| 4 | Jones County, GA | 12,400 | 3,540 | 340 | 97 |
| 5 | Crawford County, GA | 9,332 | 1,152 | 365 | 45 |
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