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 Burlington-South Burlington metropolitan area, located in Vermont, a total of 48,393 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,194 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 Burlington-South Burlington is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Burlington metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Grand Isle County in Vermont has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,184 confirmed infections in Grand Isle County, or 16,999 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 86 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Grand Isle County, below the 117 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Burlington-South Burlington metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Vermont 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	Grand Isle County, VT	16,999	1,184	86	6
2	Franklin County, VT	21,722	10,649	139	68
3	Chittenden County, VT	22,561	36,560	112	182

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