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 Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 345,590 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,128 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Birmingham-Hoover than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Birmingham metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Chilton County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 11,512 confirmed infections in Chilton County, or 26,205 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 480 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Chilton County, above the 373 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Birmingham-Hoover metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Alabama 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	Chilton County, AL	26,205	11,512	480	211
2	Blount County, AL	27,154	15,653	428	247
3	Bibb County, AL	30,204	6,804	466	105
4	Jefferson County, AL	30,273	199,768	362	2,392
5	Walker County, AL	30,608	19,740	699	451
6	Shelby County, AL	30,796	65,060	217	459
7	St. Clair County, AL	30,986	27,053	479	418

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