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 Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 505,116 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,540 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 Austin-Round Rock is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Austin metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Travis County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 251,333 confirmed infections in Travis County, or 20,889 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 145 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Travis County, below the 176 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Austin-Round Rock metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Texas 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	Travis County, TX	20,889	251,333	145	1,750
2	Williamson County, TX	27,958	147,354	178	937
3	Bastrop County, TX	28,455	23,497	291	240
4	Hays County, TX	33,061	67,495	255	520
5	Caldwell County, TX	37,287	15,437	425	176

Thank you for reading! Have some feedback for us?
Contact the 24/7 Wall St. editorial team.