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 Harrisburg-Carlisle metropolitan area, located in Pennsylvania, a total of 127,315 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,420 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Harrisburg-Carlisle is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Harrisburg metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Perry County in Pennsylvania has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,260 confirmed infections in Perry County, or 20,164 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 412 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Perry County, above the 367 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Pennsylvania 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	Perry County, PA	20,164	9,260	412	189
2	Cumberland County, PA	22,204	54,939	369	913
3	Dauphin County, PA	22,992	63,116	358	983

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