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 St. Louis metropolitan area, which covers parts of Missouri and Illinois, a total of 724,829 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 25,836 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 St. Louis, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader St. Louis metro area comprises 15 counties or county equivalents — and of them, St. Louis, an independent city in Missouri has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 63,998 confirmed infections in St. Louis, or 20,560 for every 100,000 people.

Not only does St. Louis City have the lowest per capita infection rate in the St. Louis metro area, it also has a relatively low per capita fatality rate.

There have been a total of 255 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in St. Louis, below the 302 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire St. Louis 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	St. Louis City, MO	20,560	63,998	255	795
2	St. Louis County, MO	25,128	250,949	341	3,408
3	Warren County, MO	25,481	8,640	307	104
4	Jefferson County, MO	26,031	58,128	298	665
5	St. Charles County, MO	26,453	103,162	244	951
6	Franklin County, MO	26,544	27,282	369	379
7	St. Clair County, IL	26,643	70,194	282	744
8	Bond County, IL	27,776	4,642	185	31
9	Lincoln County, MO	28,773	15,987	254	141
10	Madison County, IL	28,957	76,931	302	802
11	Monroe County, IL	29,959	10,167	386	131
12	Macoupin County, IL	30,114	13,768	311	142
13	Jersey County, IL	30,387	6,706	331	73
14	Calhoun County, IL	33,141	1,610	103	5
15	Clinton County, IL	33,658	12,665	300	113

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