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 Oklahoma City metropolitan area, located in Oklahoma, a total of 379,655 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,717 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 Oklahoma City, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Oklahoma City metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Lincoln County in Oklahoma has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 8,181 confirmed infections in Lincoln County, or 23,472 for every 100,000 people.

Though Lincoln County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Oklahoma City metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 407 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Lincoln County, above the 321 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Oklahoma City metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Oklahoma 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	Lincoln County, OK	23,472	8,181	407	142
2	Logan County, OK	24,735	11,389	352	162
3	Grady County, OK	25,858	14,153	451	247
4	Oklahoma County, OK	26,720	208,965	318	2,490
5	Cleveland County, OK	30,121	83,356	298	826
6	Canadian County, OK	30,339	41,476	287	393
7	McClain County, OK	31,410	12,135	357	138

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