COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Harrisburg

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 Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 49,947 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,795 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,032 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Harrisburg metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Cumberland County in Pennsylvania has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 20,317 infections in Cumberland County, or 8,211 for every 100,000 people.

Though Cumberland County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Harrisburg metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 211 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Cumberland County, compared to 206 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area.

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

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