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 Springfield metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 118,372 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 25,798 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 Springfield, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Springfield metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Dallas County in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,012 confirmed infections in Dallas County, or 24,317 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 449 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Dallas County, above the 361 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Springfield metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Missouri 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	Dallas County, MO	24,317	4,012	449	74
2	Webster County, MO	24,476	9,321	402	153
3	Greene County, MO	25,837	74,522	364	1,051
4	Christian County, MO	26,142	22,031	318	268
5	Polk County, MO	26,898	8,486	345	109

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