This Is The County In The Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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 Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 255,917 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,728 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,153 cases per 100,000 people. Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others. The broader Nashville metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Cheatham County in Tennessee has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,670 infections in Cheatham County, or 11,696 for every 100,000 people. Not only does Cheatham County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Nashville metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate. There have been a total of 140 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Cheatham County, below the 157 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of June 22, 2021. These are all the counties in Tennessee where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

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