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These Are the Counties in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, there have been 48,413,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which covers parts of Nebraska and Iowa, a total of 156,942 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 17,005 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,798 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Omaha-Council Bluffs is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Omaha metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Sarpy County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 31,243 infections in Sarpy County, or 17,518 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Sarpy County than they are across all of the Omaha area, however. There have been a total of 98 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Sarpy County, compared to 151 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Omaha-Council Bluffs metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 3, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Sarpy County, NE | 17,518 | 31,243 | 98 | 174 |
2 | Pottawattamie County, IA | 17,342 | 16,215 | 229 | 214 |
3 | Harrison County, IA | 17,033 | 2,409 | 559 | 79 |
4 | Douglas County, NE | 16,982 | 94,250 | 148 | 821 |
5 | Saunders County, NE | 16,843 | 3,541 | 109 | 23 |
6 | Washington County, NE | 15,362 | 3,106 | 148 | 30 |
7 | Cass County, NE | 15,271 | 3,925 | 78 | 20 |
8 | Mills County, IA | 15,063 | 2,253 | 201 | 30 |
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