COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Columbus

2021-05-28

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 32,820,112 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 585,182 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metropolitan area, which covers parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a total of 462,206 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,606 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,032 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Boston metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Strafford County in New Hampshire has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,831 infections in Strafford County, or 7,666 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 70 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Strafford County, below the 240 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 26, 2021.

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

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