Special Report
This Is the County in the Amarillo, TX 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 41,395,400 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Amarillo metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 44,596 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,930 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,653 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Amarillo is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Amarillo metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Potter County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 21,709 infections in Potter County, or 17,956 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Potter County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Amarillo area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 427 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Potter County, compared to 327 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Amarillo metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 17, 2021.
These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Potter County, TX | 17,956 | 21,709 | 427 | 516 |
2 | Randall County, TX | 16,309 | 21,605 | 239 | 317 |
3 | Oldham County, TX | 15,455 | 323 | 191 | 4 |
4 | Armstrong County, TX | 12,944 | 248 | 365 | 7 |
5 | Carson County, TX | 11,787 | 711 | 282 | 17 |
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