COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Press release from 24/7 Wall St. Albuquerque:

Samuel Stebbins

2021-06-09

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,027,029 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 591,694 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 Albuquerque metropolitan area, located in New Mexico, a total of 78,415 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,617 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,095 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Albuquerque metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Torrance County in New Mexico has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 855 infections in Torrance County, or 5,483 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Torrance County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Albuquerque metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 83 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Torrance County, below the 145 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albuquerque metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 7, 2021.

These are all the counties in New Mexico where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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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.