Special Report
This Is the County in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 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 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan area, located in Colorado, a total of 787,240 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,620 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 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Denver metro area comprises 10 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Gilpin County in Colorado has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,073 confirmed infections in Gilpin County, or 18,113 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Gilpin County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Denver metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 84 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Gilpin County, below the 211 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilpin County, CO | 18,113 | 1,073 | 84 | 5 |
| 2 | Park County, CO | 18,210 | 3,167 | 121 | 21 |
| 3 | Clear Creek County, CO | 18,819 | 1,765 | 128 | 12 |
| 4 | Elbert County, CO | 20,964 | 5,275 | 163 | 41 |
| 5 | Broomfield County, CO | 24,282 | 16,055 | 180 | 119 |
| 6 | Jefferson County, CO | 25,169 | 143,568 | 244 | 1,392 |
| 7 | Douglas County, CO | 27,556 | 90,553 | 135 | 444 |
| 8 | Arapahoe County, CO | 27,603 | 175,739 | 194 | 1,236 |
| 9 | Denver County, CO | 28,888 | 200,314 | 202 | 1,402 |
| 10 | Adams County, CO | 30,120 | 149,731 | 271 | 1,345 |
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