Special Report

COVID-19: This is the Least Dangerous County in the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area

Samuel Stebbins

Published: June 18, 2021 2:45 am

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,151,678 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 594,888 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 Killeen-Temple metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 34,386 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 7,846 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,133 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Killeen-Temple is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Killeen metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bell County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 24,857 infections in Bell County, or 7,263 for every 100,000 people.

Though Bell County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Killeen metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 129 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Bell County, compared to 128 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Killeen-Temple metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 16, 2021.

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