COVID-19: This Is The Least Dangerous County In The San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. San Antonio

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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 268,411 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,063 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 10,032 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in San Antonio-New Braunfels than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader San Antonio metro area comprises eight counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bandera County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,425 infections in Bandera County, or 6,548 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 124 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Bandera County, below the 185 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area.

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