COVID-19: This Is The Most Dangerous County In The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Louisville

2021-05-25

Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 32,706,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 133,856 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,415 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 9,997 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Louisville/Jefferson County , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.

The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Washington County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,448 infections in Washington County, or 12,048 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Washington County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Louisville/Jefferson County 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 308 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Washington County, compared to 156 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 23, 2021.

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This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.