Special Report

This Is the County in the Macon, GA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 4:30 am

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 Macon metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 55,200 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 24,034 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 Macon is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Macon metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Crawford County in Georgia has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,865 confirmed infections in Crawford County, or 15,109 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 446 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Crawford County, below the 526 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Macon metro area.

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

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