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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 1,145,602 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,536 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Detroit metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Lapeer County in Michigan has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 21,423 confirmed infections in Lapeer County, or 24,289 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 482 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Lapeer County, above the 415 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Michigan 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	Lapeer County, MI	24,289	21,423	482	425
2	Wayne County, MI	25,468	448,588	462	8,143
3	Oakland County, MI	26,117	326,681	318	3,972
4	Livingston County, MI	26,746	50,411	250	471
5	St. Clair County, MI	27,362	43,661	530	845
6	Macomb County, MI	29,335	254,838	470	4,081

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