This Is The County In The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

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

2021-12-08

Despite the ongoing vaccination effort, new daily cases of COVID-19 are beginning to rise once again in parts of the United States. To date, 48,551,622 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 779,587 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area, located in Washington, a total of 346,184 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 9,087 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 14,840 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Seattle metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, King County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 173,905 infections in King County, or 8,039 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 96 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in King County, below the 101 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Dec. 6, 2021.

These are all the counties in Washington 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.