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 Chattanooga metropolitan area, which covers parts of Tennessee and Georgia, a total of 156,498 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,349 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 Chattanooga than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Chattanooga metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Dade County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,559 confirmed infections in Dade County, or 21,933 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 203 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Dade County, below the 335 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Chattanooga metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Georgia 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	Dade County, GA	21,933	3,559	203	33
2	Catoosa County, GA	23,169	15,361	271	180
3	Walker County, GA	25,926	17,843	369	254
4	Hamilton County, TN	29,664	106,062	330	1,179
5	Sequatchie County, TN	29,959	4,413	475	70
6	Marion County, TN	32,586	9,260	465	132

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