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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, located in Arkansas, a total of 209,874 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,574 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Little Rock metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Grant County in Arkansas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,634 confirmed infections in Grant County, or 25,622 for every 100,000 people.

Though Grant County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Little Rock metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 343 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Grant County, above the 301 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Arkansas 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	Grant County, AR	25,622	4,634	343	62
2	Perry County, AR	25,654	2,648	368	38
3	Saline County, AR	27,632	32,608	294	347
4	Pulaski County, AR	28,388	111,697	303	1,193
5	Lonoke County, AR	29,085	21,001	345	249
6	Faulkner County, AR	30,458	37,286	261	320

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