Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 24,034,500 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.
In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, a total of 377,071 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 6,213 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 7,346 cases per 100,000 people.
Even though Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.
The broader Philadelphia metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, New Castle County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 41,012 infections in New Castle County, or 7,388 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in New Castle County than they are across all of the Philadelphia area, however. There have been a total of 93 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in New Castle County, compared to 158 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story is current as of Jan. 20, 2021.
| Geography: | COVID cases per 100,000 people: | Total cases: | Deaths per 100,000 people: | Total deaths: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle County | 7,388 | 41,012 | 93 | 518 |
| Camden County | 7,387 | 37,477 | 186 | 942 |
| Gloucester County | 6,860 | 19,951 | 159 | 462 |
| Burlington County | 6,496 | 28,997 | 151 | 672 |
| Philadelphia County | 6,304 | 99,318 | 175 | 2,758 |
| Salem County | 6,284 | 3,980 | 202 | 128 |
| Delaware County | 6,203 | 34,955 | 192 | 1,080 |
| Bucks County | 5,899 | 36,952 | 158 | 987 |
| Montgomery County | 5,426 | 44,561 | 161 | 1,322 |
| Chester County | 4,908 | 25,381 | 122 | 632 |
| Cecil County | 4,377 | 4,487 | 92 | 94 |
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