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These Are the Counties in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: October 20, 2021 2:15 am

Following a months long surge driven by the delta variant, new daily cases of COVID-19 are falling once again in the United States. To date, 44,501,723 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 716,720 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 Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, located in Iowa, a total of 35,851 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,362 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 13,602 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Cedar Rapids, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Cedar Rapids metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Linn County in Iowa has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 28,680 infections in Linn County, or 12,912 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Linn County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Cedar Rapids metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 171 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Linn County, below the 184 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cedar Rapids metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Oct. 18, 2021.

These are all the counties in Iowa where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).