Special Report

This Is the County in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: July 20, 2022 3:30 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 Wichita Falls metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 38,841 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 25,724 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 Wichita Falls, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Wichita Falls metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Clay County in Texas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,252 confirmed infections in Clay County, or 21,681 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 347 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Clay County, below the 495 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Wichita Falls metro area.

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

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