Special Report

This Is the County in the Owensboro, KY Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 3:00 am

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 Owensboro metropolitan area, located in Kentucky, a total of 38,205 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 32,381 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 Owensboro than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Owensboro metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, McLean County in Kentucky has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,767 confirmed infections in McLean County, or 29,654 for every 100,000 people.

Though McLean County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Owensboro metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

There have been a total of 579 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in McLean County, above the 402 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Owensboro metro area.

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

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