This Is The County In The Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Metro Area With The Most COVID-19

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Milwaukee

2021-05-25

Though vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States, the novel coronavirus continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 32,706,300 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metropolitan area, located in Wisconsin, a total of 191,511 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 12,152 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 9,997 cases per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Milwaukee metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Washington County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 16,803 infections in Washington County, or 12,490 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Washington County than they are across all of the Milwaukee area, however. There have been a total of 125 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Washington County, compared to 141 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 23, 2021.

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