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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 530,685 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,435 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Indianapolis metro area comprises 11 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Brown County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,725 confirmed infections in Brown County, or 18,126 for every 100,000 people.

Though Brown County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Indianapolis 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 Brown County, above the 332 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Indiana 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	Brown County, IN	18,126	2,725	412	62
2	Morgan County, IN	24,863	17,336	417	291
3	Boone County, IN	25,180	16,196	297	191
4	Marion County, IN	25,239	238,386	320	3,022
5	Putnam County, IN	25,994	9,763	346	130
6	Madison County, IN	26,520	34,345	508	658
7	Hendricks County, IN	26,689	42,954	347	559
8	Hamilton County, IN	27,844	88,013	214	676
9	Johnson County, IN	29,488	44,693	409	620
10	Hancock County, IN	29,642	21,885	358	264
11	Shelby County, IN	32,408	14,389	414	184

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