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 Topeka metropolitan area, located in Kansas, a total of 66,836 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,653 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

Though per capita cases of COVID-19 are higher in Topeka than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Topeka metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Wabaunsee County in Kansas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 1,706 confirmed infections in Wabaunsee County, or 24,768 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 334 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Wabaunsee County, below the 357 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Topeka metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Kansas 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	Wabaunsee County, KS	24,768	1,706	334	23
2	Osage County, KS	25,973	4,125	384	61
3	Jefferson County, KS	26,795	5,061	360	68
4	Shawnee County, KS	29,103	51,886	365	650
5	Jackson County, KS	30,470	4,058	233	31

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