Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Asheville, NC Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 24, 2022 4:00 am

There have been 82,117,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Asheville metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 98,830 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,965 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 25,100 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Asheville has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.

The broader Asheville metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Madison County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,232 confirmed infections in Madison County, or 24,443 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Madison County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Asheville area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 378 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Madison County, compared to 267 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Asheville metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 20, 2022.

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