Special Report

These Are the Counties in the Lubbock, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: January 26, 2022 2:00 am

As the omicron variant spreads, new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs in the United States. To date, 68,964,506 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 854,925 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 Lubbock metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 85,429 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,283 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 21,079 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Lubbock than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Lubbock metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Lynn County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,167 infections in Lynn County, or 20,093 for every 100,000 people.

Though Lynn County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Lubbock metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 517 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Lynn County, above the 392 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lubbock metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Jan. 24, 2022.

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