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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area, which covers parts of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, a total of 6,133,992 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 30,684 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader New York metro area comprises 25 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pike County in Pennsylvania has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 11,273 confirmed infections in Pike County, or 20,312 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does Pike County have the lowest per capita infection rate in the New York 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 Pike County, below the 406 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Pennsylvania 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	Pike County, PA	20,312	11,273	182	101
2	Hunterdon County, NJ	22,863	28,591	224	280
3	Somerset County, NJ	24,424	80,642	298	984
4	Dutchess County, NY	24,535	72,107	228	671
5	Sussex County, NJ	26,830	38,179	353	502
6	Putnam County, NY	27,141	26,889	126	125
7	Middlesex County, NJ	27,413	226,624	351	2,900
8	Morris County, NJ	28,188	139,356	320	1,581
9	Bergen County, NJ	28,550	265,517	378	3,518
10	Hudson County, NJ	29,495	197,216	411	2,746
11	Westchester County, NY	29,613	286,895	284	2,755
12	Union County, NJ	29,653	163,998	434	2,401
13	Monmouth County, NJ	30,158	187,999	359	2,239
14	New York County, NY	30,204	493,071	341	5,564
15	Kings County, NY	30,522	793,794	502	13,059
16	Essex County, NJ	30,581	242,680	459	3,640
17	Ocean County, NJ	30,596	181,109	515	3,049
18	Bronx County, NY	31,203	448,655	545	7,831
19	Rockland County, NY	31,598	102,278	281	911
20	Queens County, NY	31,796	730,833	524	12,033
21	Passaic County, NJ	32,063	161,609	469	2,362
22	Suffolk County, NY	32,211	479,263	302	4,492
23	Orange County, NY	32,847	124,238	312	1,181
24	Nassau County, NY	34,166	463,478	289	3,925
25	Richmond County, NY	39,590	187,698	502	2,382

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