Special Report
This Is the County in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area With the Least COVID-19
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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 Kansas City metropolitan area, which covers parts of Missouri and Kansas, a total of 557,273 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,453 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 Kansas City, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.
The broader Kansas City metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Platte County in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 11,187 confirmed infections in Platte County, or 11,320 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Platte County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Kansas City metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.
There have been a total of 103 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Platte County, below the 282 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Kansas City metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of July 17, 2022.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Platte County, MO | 11,320 | 11,187 | 103 | 102 |
| 2 | Clay County, MO | 12,081 | 28,894 | 154 | 369 |
| 3 | Caldwell County, MO | 19,704 | 1,783 | 431 | 39 |
| 4 | Bates County, MO | 23,666 | 3,875 | 592 | 97 |
| 5 | Ray County, MO | 23,750 | 5,421 | 416 | 95 |
| 6 | Clinton County, MO | 24,234 | 4,962 | 596 | 122 |
| 7 | Lafayette County, MO | 25,012 | 8,151 | 420 | 137 |
| 8 | Miami County, KS | 25,185 | 8,343 | 302 | 100 |
| 9 | Cass County, MO | 25,798 | 26,489 | 311 | 319 |
| 10 | Leavenworth County, KS | 26,036 | 20,840 | 247 | 198 |
| 11 | Johnson County, KS | 27,169 | 159,075 | 213 | 1,248 |
| 12 | Wyandotte County, KS | 30,044 | 49,376 | 304 | 500 |
| 13 | Linn County, KS | 30,752 | 2,963 | 332 | 32 |
| 14 | Jackson County, MO | 32,646 | 225,914 | 372 | 2,576 |
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