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COVID-19: This is the Least Dangerous County in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area
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Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,151,678 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 594,888 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 608,657 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,531 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,133 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Atlanta metro area comprises 29 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Heard County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 884 infections in Heard County, or 7,570 for every 100,000 people.
Though Heard County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Atlanta metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 188 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Heard County, above the 158 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 16, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Heard County, GA | 7,570 | 884 | 188 | 22 |
2 | Fayette County, GA | 8,179 | 9,109 | 158 | 176 |
3 | Rockdale County, GA | 8,818 | 7,849 | 195 | 174 |
4 | DeKalb County, GA | 9,013 | 66,982 | 143 | 1,060 |
5 | Haralson County, GA | 9,197 | 2,663 | 307 | 89 |
6 | Fulton County, GA | 9,670 | 98,818 | 142 | 1,450 |
7 | Meriwether County, GA | 9,738 | 2,056 | 417 | 88 |
8 | Clayton County, GA | 9,809 | 27,335 | 184 | 514 |
9 | Carroll County, GA | 9,929 | 11,520 | 211 | 245 |
10 | Spalding County, GA | 9,988 | 6,464 | 312 | 202 |
11 | Coweta County, GA | 10,202 | 14,336 | 161 | 226 |
12 | Jasper County, GA | 10,244 | 1,412 | 276 | 38 |
13 | Forsyth County, GA | 10,373 | 22,808 | 92 | 203 |
14 | Newton County, GA | 10,654 | 11,346 | 241 | 257 |
15 | Cobb County, GA | 10,720 | 79,868 | 147 | 1,096 |
16 | Douglas County, GA | 10,949 | 15,530 | 161 | 229 |
17 | Paulding County, GA | 11,077 | 17,262 | 147 | 229 |
18 | Lamar County, GA | 11,133 | 2,061 | 313 | 58 |
19 | Pickens County, GA | 11,339 | 3,496 | 253 | 78 |
20 | Gwinnett County, GA | 11,416 | 103,006 | 132 | 1,194 |
21 | Henry County, GA | 11,663 | 25,811 | 151 | 334 |
22 | Morgan County, GA | 11,774 | 2,147 | 170 | 31 |
23 | Walton County, GA | 11,894 | 10,720 | 292 | 263 |
24 | Pike County, GA | 12,985 | 2,348 | 238 | 43 |
25 | Dawson County, GA | 12,988 | 3,099 | 201 | 48 |
26 | Cherokee County, GA | 13,006 | 31,464 | 138 | 333 |
27 | Barrow County, GA | 13,261 | 10,196 | 186 | 143 |
28 | Butts County, GA | 13,427 | 3,189 | 371 | 88 |
29 | Bartow County, GA | 14,358 | 14,878 | 228 | 236 |
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