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 Cleveland-Elyria metropolitan area, located in Ohio, a total of 477,909 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 23,180 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 Cleveland-Elyria is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Cleveland metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Geauga County in Ohio has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 17,219 confirmed infections in Geauga County, or 18,326 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 286 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Geauga County, below the 309 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Cleveland-Elyria metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Ohio 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	Geauga County, OH	18,326	17,219	286	269
2	Lake County, OH	22,740	52,314	324	746
3	Cuyahoga County, OH	23,330	292,507	307	3,844
4	Lorain County, OH	23,707	72,712	325	996
5	Medina County, OH	24,347	43,157	291	515

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