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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area, located in Connecticut, a total of 259,857 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,487 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be higher risk than others.

The broader Hartford metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Hartford County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 202,630 confirmed infections in Hartford County, or 22,647 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Hartford County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Hartford 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 358 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Hartford County, compared to 329 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Connecticut 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	Hartford County, CT	22,647	202,630	358	3,206
2	Middlesex County, CT	20,366	33,272	299	489
3	Tolland County, CT	15,836	23,955	188	285

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