Special Report
This is the County in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Owensboro metropolitan area, located in Kentucky, a total of 18,007 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,262 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Owensboro is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Owensboro metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Daviess County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 15,420 infections in Daviess County, or 15,430 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Daviess County than they are across all of the Owensboro area, however. There have been a total of 236 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Daviess County, in line with 242 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Owensboro metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Daviess County, KY | 15,430 | 15,420 | 236 | 236 |
2 | Hancock County, KY | 14,669 | 1,279 | 184 | 16 |
3 | McLean County, KY | 14,018 | 1,308 | 364 | 34 |
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