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 Rochester metropolitan area, located in New York, a total of 239,369 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,274 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 Rochester is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Rochester metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Yates County in New York has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,873 confirmed infections in Yates County, or 15,486 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 160 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Yates County, below the 215 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Rochester metro area.

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

These are all the counties in New York 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	Yates County, NY	15,486	3,873	160	40
2	Livingston County, NY	20,089	12,838	189	121
3	Ontario County, NY	20,727	22,690	173	189
4	Wayne County, NY	21,192	19,254	204	185
5	Orleans County, NY	22,982	9,463	289	119
6	Monroe County, NY	23,010	171,251	222	1,654

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