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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 41,318 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,660 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Blacksburg metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Floyd County in Virginia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,772 confirmed infections in Floyd County, or 17,694 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 313 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Floyd County, above the 247 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Virginia 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	Floyd County, VA	17,694	2,772	313	49
2	Montgomery County, VA	21,366	20,938	160	157
3	Pulaski County, VA	23,100	7,908	412	141
4	Giles County, VA	25,788	4,336	297	50
5	Radford City, VA	30,425	5,364	301	53

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