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These Are the Counties in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

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There have been 88,027,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.

In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 1,145,602 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,536 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Detroit-Warren-Dearborn , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.

The broader Detroit metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Macomb County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 254,838 confirmed infections in Macomb County, or 29,335 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Macomb County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Detroit area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 470 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Macomb County, compared to 415 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 16, 2022.

These are all the counties in Michigan where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).

Rank Geography COVID cases per 100,000 people Total cases Deaths per 100,000 people Total deaths
1 Macomb County, MI 29,335 254,838 470 4,081
2 St. Clair County, MI 27,362 43,661 530 845
3 Livingston County, MI 26,746 50,411 250 471
4 Oakland County, MI 26,117 326,681 318 3,972
5 Wayne County, MI 25,468 448,588 462 8,143
6 Lapeer County, MI 24,289 21,423 482 425

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