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This Is the County in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

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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 College Station-Bryan metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 75,111 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,578 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 College Station-Bryan than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader College Station metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Robertson County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,754 confirmed infections in Robertson County, or 28,147 for every 100,000 people.

Though Robertson County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the College Station metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 456 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Robertson County, above the 228 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire College Station-Bryan metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Texas 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 Robertson County, TX 28,147 4,754 456 77
2 Burleson County, TX 29,362 5,245 375 67
3 Brazos County, TX 29,705 65,112 199 436

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