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 Bismarck metropolitan area, located in North Dakota, a total of 49,852 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 38,192 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 Bismarck than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Bismarck metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Oliver County in North Dakota has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 337 confirmed infections in Oliver County, or 18,345 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 272 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Oliver County, below the 359 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Bismarck metro area.

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

These are all the counties in North Dakota 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	Oliver County, ND	18,345	337	272	5
2	Sioux County, ND	31,724	1,400	431	19
3	Morton County, ND	38,299	11,698	465	142
4	Burleigh County, ND	38,850	36,417	323	303

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