This Is The County In The Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. - Baltimore

2021-08-15

With slowing vaccination rates and the emergence of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 35,957,692 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 613,647 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area, located in Maryland, a total of 216,728 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 7,759 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 10,991 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Baltimore-Columbia-Towson is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Baltimore metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Carroll County in Maryland has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,723 infections in Carroll County, or 5,804 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 154 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Carroll County, compared to 162 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of August 12, 2021.

These are all the counties in Maryland 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.