COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Austin-Round Rock, TX Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Austin

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 Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 167,314 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 8,129 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 Austin-Round Rock is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Austin metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Travis County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 83,910 infections in Travis County, or 6,974 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 85 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Travis County, below the 95 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Austin-Round Rock metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Texas 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.