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 Tuscaloosa metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 70,669 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,275 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 Tuscaloosa than they are nationwide, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Tuscaloosa metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pickens County in Alabama has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,477 confirmed infections in Pickens County, or 26,983 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 517 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Pickens County, above the 416 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Tuscaloosa metro area.

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

These are all the counties in Alabama 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	Pickens County, AL	26,983	5,477	517	105
2	Tuscaloosa County, AL	29,159	60,129	385	794
3	Hale County, AL	34,010	5,063	712	106

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