Special Report

This Is the County in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 3:15 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley metropolitan area, located in Washington, a total of 147,386 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,541 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Spokane metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Stevens County in Washington has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 8,774 confirmed infections in Stevens County, or 19,844 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 344 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Stevens County, above the 294 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Spokane-Spokane Valley metro area.

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

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