Special Report

This Is the County in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 25, 2022 4:45 am

To date, 82,217,041 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million 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 Winston-Salem metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 172,972 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,137 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 25,130 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Winston-Salem, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Winston metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Stokes County in North Carolina has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 11,405 confirmed infections in Stokes County, or 24,845 for every 100,000 people.

Though Stokes County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Winston metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 394 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Stokes County, above the 250 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Winston-Salem metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 23, 2022.

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