Special Report

This is the County in the Fort Wayne, IN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 28, 2021 2:30 am

As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Fort Wayne metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 62,707 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 14,529 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Fort Wayne metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Whitley County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,249 infections in Whitley County, or 15,599 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Whitley County than they are across all of the Fort Wayne area, however. There have been a total of 158 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Whitley County, compared to 207 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Fort Wayne metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.

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