COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Portland

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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metropolitan area, which covers parts of Oregon and Washington, a total of 116,833 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 4,832 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Portland metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Skamania County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 368 infections in Skamania County, or 3,167 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 17 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Skamania County, below the 60 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Washington 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.