Special Report

This Is the County in the Bismarck, ND Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 17, 2022 3:30 am

There have been 81,417,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Bismarck metropolitan area, located in North Dakota, a total of 47,953 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 36,737 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Bismarck metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Burleigh County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 35,021 confirmed infections in Burleigh County, or 37,361 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Burleigh County than they are across all of the Bismarck area, however. There have been a total of 323 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Burleigh County, compared to 359 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Bismarck metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2022.

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