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 Montgomery metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 105,177 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,153 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 Montgomery, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Montgomery metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Montgomery County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 60,374 confirmed infections in Montgomery County, or 26,603 for every 100,000 people.

Though Montgomery County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Montgomery metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 423 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Montgomery County, compared to 430 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Montgomery metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Alabama 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	Montgomery County, AL	26,603	60,374	423	959
2	Lowndes County, AL	27,501	2,815	752	77
3	Autauga County, AL	30,726	16,961	393	217
4	Elmore County, AL	30,817	25,027	433	352

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