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 Lexington-Fayette metropolitan area, located in Kentucky, a total of 165,285 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 32,614 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 Lexington-Fayette than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Lexington metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Woodford County in Kentucky has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 7,677 confirmed infections in Woodford County, or 29,417 for every 100,000 people.

Though Woodford County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Lexington metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 203 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Woodford County, compared to 213 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lexington-Fayette metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Kentucky 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	Woodford County, KY	29,417	7,677	203	53
2	Jessamine County, KY	31,018	16,260	280	147
3	Bourbon County, KY	32,119	6,470	303	61
4	Clark County, KY	32,521	11,666	204	73
5	Fayette County, KY	32,594	103,888	197	628
6	Scott County, KY	36,108	19,324	215	115

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