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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which covers parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, a total of 1,002,979 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,193 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are closely in line with the national per capita infection rate in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Minneapolis metro area comprises 16 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Le Sueur County in Minnesota has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 6,788 confirmed infections in Le Sueur County, or 24,258 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 182 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Le Sueur County, below the 216 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Minnesota 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	Le Sueur County, MN	24,258	6,788	182	51
2	Sibley County, MN	25,174	3,754	174	26
3	Ramsey County, MN	25,688	139,101	254	1,375
4	Hennepin County, MN	27,423	338,802	214	2,645
5	Isanti County, MN	27,449	10,698	308	120
6	Chisago County, MN	28,381	15,532	219	120
7	Carver County, MN	28,927	29,047	120	120
8	Dakota County, MN	29,016	121,346	192	803
9	Washington County, MN	29,084	73,675	196	496
10	Wright County, MN	29,133	38,672	233	309
11	Pierce County, WI	29,611	12,319	175	73
12	Mille Lacs County, MN	29,703	7,642	455	117
13	Scott County, MN	30,371	43,543	186	266
14	Anoka County, MN	30,584	106,257	233	810
15	Sherburne County, MN	30,801	28,716	196	183
16	St. Croix County, WI	30,810	27,087	176	155

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