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 Knoxville metropolitan area, located in Tennessee, a total of 263,453 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,334 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 Knoxville than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Knoxville metro area comprises nine counties or county equivalents — and of them, Morgan County in Tennessee has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,382 confirmed infections in Morgan County, or 29,552 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 403 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Morgan County, above the 357 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Knoxville metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Tennessee 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	Morgan County, TN	29,552	6,382	403	87
2	Loudon County, TN	29,663	15,309	376	194
3	Knox County, TN	29,671	135,354	312	1,423
4	Union County, TN	29,674	5,725	404	78
5	Grainger County, TN	30,522	7,024	482	111
6	Anderson County, TN	30,684	23,251	461	349
7	Roane County, TN	31,128	16,466	448	237
8	Blount County, TN	31,974	41,069	352	452
9	Campbell County, TN	32,436	12,873	428	170

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