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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metropolitan area, located in Maryland, a total of 503,370 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 18,021 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Baltimore metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Carroll County in Maryland has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 23,967 confirmed infections in Carroll County, or 14,307 for every 100,000 people.

Though Carroll County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Baltimore metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 250 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Carroll County, compared to 251 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Maryland 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	Carroll County, MD	14,307	23,967	250	418
2	Queen Anne’s County, MD	15,664	7,731	231	114
3	Howard County, MD	16,725	52,738	124	390
4	Harford County, MD	16,939	42,520	237	594
5	Baltimore County, MD	17,824	147,512	308	2,545
6	Anne Arundel County, MD	17,957	101,939	197	1,121
7	Baltimore City, MD	20,654	126,963	297	1,826

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