Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, 48,551,622 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 779,587 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 Tuscaloosa metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 42,628 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 17,659 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 14,840 cases per 100,000 people.
Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Tuscaloosa than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Tuscaloosa metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pickens County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,346 infections in Pickens County, or 16,484 for every 100,000 people.
Though Pickens County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Tuscaloosa metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 438 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pickens County, above the 340 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Tuscaloosa metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 6, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pickens County, AL | 16,484 | 3,346 | 438 | 89 |
| 2 | Tuscaloosa County, AL | 17,504 | 36,096 | 311 | 642 |
| 3 | Hale County, AL | 21,401 | 3,186 | 598 | 89 |
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