Special Report

This Is the County in the Dothan, AL Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 2:30 am

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 Dothan metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 39,191 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,486 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 Dothan, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Dothan metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Geneva County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,821 confirmed infections in Geneva County, or 25,748 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 623 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Geneva County, above the 510 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Dothan metro area.

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

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