Special Report

This is the County in the Brunswick, GA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 10, 2021 2:15 am

With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 39,893,580 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 635,606 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 Brunswick metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 17,971 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,405 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,194 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Brunswick metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, McIntosh County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,531 infections in McIntosh County, or 10,843 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 149 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in McIntosh County, below the 278 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Brunswick metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 8, 2021.

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