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 Cincinnati metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, a total of 573,824 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,458 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Cincinnati, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Cincinnati metro area comprises 15 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Franklin County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,508 confirmed infections in Franklin County, or 19,736 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 293 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Franklin County, above the 275 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cincinnati metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Kentucky 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	Franklin County, IN	19,736	4,508	293	67
2	Hamilton County, OH	24,934	202,477	256	2,081
3	Pendleton County, KY	25,193	3,658	275	40
4	Ohio County, IN	25,599	1,507	323	19
5	Butler County, OH	26,043	98,519	310	1,172
6	Gallatin County, KY	26,497	2,306	597	52
7	Brown County, OH	26,761	11,689	419	183
8	Clermont County, OH	27,036	54,941	278	565
9	Campbell County, KY	27,201	25,098	203	187
10	Warren County, OH	27,331	61,922	259	587
11	Kenton County, KY	27,630	45,503	264	435
12	Bracken County, KY	28,221	2,344	325	27
13	Dearborn County, IN	28,573	14,144	287	142
14	Boone County, KY	30,898	39,888	237	306
15	Mason County, KY	31,015	5,320	630	108

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