Special Report

This Is the County in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 4:15 am

To date, 88,027,926 Americans are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 — and over 1 million 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area, located in New York, a total of 201,716 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,910 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Albany-Schenectady-Troy is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Albany metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Schoharie County in New York has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,650 confirmed infections in Schoharie County, or 18,014 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 115 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Schoharie County, below the 173 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.

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