Special Report

This is the County in the Corpus Christi, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 15, 2021 2:30 am

With the ongoing surge of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 40,508,857 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 651,204 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 Corpus Christi metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 70,430 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,572 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,382 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Corpus Christi than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Corpus Christi metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, San Patricio County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,983 infections in San Patricio County, or 8,924 for every 100,000 people.

Though San Patricio County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Corpus Christi metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 307 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in San Patricio County, compared to 295 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Corpus Christi metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 13, 2021.

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