This Is The County In The Clarksville, TN-KY Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 WS Nashville

2021-06-28

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the United States. To date, 33,216,865 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 596,643 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 Clarksville metropolitan area, which covers parts of Tennessee and Kentucky, a total of 29,362 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 10,375 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 10,153 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Clarksville, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low. The broader Clarksville metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Trigg County in Kentucky has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,335 infections in Trigg County, or 9,307 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Trigg County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Clarksville metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate. There have been a total of 105 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Trigg County, below the 125 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Clarksville metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 22, 2021. These are all the counties in Kentucky where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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