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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metropolitan area, which covers parts of Oregon and Washington, a total of 453,148 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 18,741 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Portland metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Skamania County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,650 confirmed infections in Skamania County, or 14,200 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 103 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Skamania County, below the 156 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Washington 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	Skamania County, WA	14,200	1,650	103	12
2	Columbia County, OR	17,602	8,951	191	97
3	Clackamas County, OR	17,883	72,566	164	664
4	Washington County, OR	18,112	105,380	110	638
5	Multnomah County, OR	18,162	145,051	158	1,260
6	Yamhill County, OR	19,229	19,964	221	229
7	Clark County, WA	21,399	99,586	185	860

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