Special Report

This Is the County in the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 2:45 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 Idaho Falls metropolitan area, located in Idaho, a total of 38,860 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,181 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 Idaho Falls, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Idaho Falls metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Butte County in Idaho has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 495 confirmed infections in Butte County, or 19,024 for every 100,000 people.

Though Butte County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Idaho Falls metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 423 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Butte County, above the 255 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Idaho Falls metro area.

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

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