COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Houston

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 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 618,786 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,128 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 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Houston metro area comprises nine counties or county equivalents — and of them, Austin County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,188 infections in Austin County, or 7,401 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 125 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Austin County, compared to 131 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area.

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

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