With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 39,893,580 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 635,606 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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area, located in Iowa, a total of 23,145 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,604 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,194 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Waterloo-Cedar Falls than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Waterloo metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Grundy County in Iowa has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,502 infections in Grundy County, or 12,171 for every 100,000 people.
Though Grundy County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Waterloo metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 276 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Grundy County, above the 252 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Waterloo-Cedar Falls metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 8, 2021.
These are all the counties in Iowa where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grundy County, IA | 12,171 | 1,502 | 276 | 34 |
| 2 | Bremer County, IA | 12,634 | 3,131 | 262 | 65 |
| 3 | Black Hawk County, IA | 13,918 | 18,512 | 248 | 330 |
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