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 Evansville metropolitan area, which covers parts of Indiana and Kentucky, a total of 104,022 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 33,026 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 Evansville than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Evansville metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Posey County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,869 confirmed infections in Posey County, or 26,844 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 227 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Posey County, below the 354 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Evansville metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Kentucky 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	Posey County, IN	26,844	6,869	227	58
2	Henderson County, KY	31,760	14,653	377	174
3	Vanderburgh County, IN	33,603	60,926	355	643
4	Warrick County, IN	34,837	21,574	388	240

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