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 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metropolitan area, located in Wisconsin, a total of 486,431 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,867 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Milwaukee metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Ozaukee County in Wisconsin has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 24,787 confirmed infections in Ozaukee County, or 28,076 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 217 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Ozaukee County, below the 254 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Wisconsin 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	Ozaukee County, WI	28,076	24,787	217	192
2	Washington County, WI	30,723	41,333	259	348
3	Waukesha County, WI	31,043	123,824	283	1,129
4	Milwaukee County, WI	31,071	296,487	244	2,333

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