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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 83,657 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 20,419 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Beaumont metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Newton County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,467 confirmed infections in Newton County, or 10,436 for every 100,000 people.

Though Newton County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Beaumont metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 441 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Newton County, above the 372 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Beaumont-Port Arthur 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	Newton County, TX	10,436	1,467	441	62
2	Orange County, TX	18,453	15,509	428	360
3	Jefferson County, TX	21,242	54,211	334	853
4	Hardin County, TX	22,118	12,470	445	251

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