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 Lynchburg metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 65,817 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 25,249 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Lynchburg is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Lynchburg metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Bedford County in Virginia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 18,484 confirmed infections in Bedford County, or 23,725 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Bedford County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the Lynchburg metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 317 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Bedford County, below the 342 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Lynchburg metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Virginia 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	Bedford County, VA	23,725	18,484	317	247
2	Amherst County, VA	24,873	7,930	289	92
3	Campbell County, VA	25,737	14,199	399	220
4	Lynchburg City, VA	26,266	21,047	348	279
5	Appomattox County, VA	26,687	4,157	347	54

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