Special Report
This Is the County in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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 Louisville/Jefferson County metropolitan area, which covers parts of Kentucky and Indiana, a total of 395,938 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,806 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 Louisville/Jefferson County than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.
The broader Louisville/Jefferson County metro area comprises 12 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Trimble County in Kentucky has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,290 confirmed infections in Trimble County, or 26,514 for every 100,000 people.
Though Trimble County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.
There have been a total of 486 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Trimble County, above the 323 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Louisville/Jefferson County 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 | Trimble County, KY | 26,514 | 2,290 | 486 | 42 |
| 2 | Floyd County, IN | 26,800 | 20,585 | 401 | 308 |
| 3 | Harrison County, IN | 28,913 | 11,482 | 353 | 140 |
| 4 | Clark County, IN | 29,464 | 34,090 | 347 | 402 |
| 5 | Bullitt County, KY | 29,726 | 23,622 | 288 | 229 |
| 6 | Oldham County, KY | 30,267 | 19,787 | 223 | 146 |
| 7 | Shelby County, KY | 30,633 | 14,332 | 357 | 167 |
| 8 | Spencer County, KY | 31,667 | 5,778 | 345 | 63 |
| 9 | Jefferson County, KY | 32,092 | 246,197 | 317 | 2,431 |
| 10 | Henry County, KY | 33,578 | 5,310 | 335 | 53 |
| 11 | Scott County, IN | 34,650 | 8,227 | 455 | 108 |
| 12 | Washington County, KY | 35,261 | 4,238 | 516 | 62 |
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