Special Report

This is the County in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 5, 2021 3:15 am

With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 39,091,213 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley metropolitan area, located in Washington, a total of 60,505 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,896 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 11,948 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Spokane-Spokane Valley is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Spokane metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Stevens County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,076 infections in Stevens County, or 6,957 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Stevens County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Spokane metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 81 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Stevens County, below the 145 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 2, 2021.

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