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 metropolitan area, located in Kansas, a total of 189,442 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 29,427 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 Wichita than they are nationwide, there are still parts of the metro area where the per capita infection rate is relatively low.

The broader Wichita metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Sumner County in Kansas has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,870 confirmed infections in Sumner County, or 25,293 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 327 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Sumner County, above the 296 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Wichita 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	Sumner County, KS	25,293	5,870	327	76
2	Kingman County, KS	27,483	2,053	375	28
3	Harvey County, KS	29,333	10,136	365	126
4	Sedgwick County, KS	29,591	151,524	288	1,477
5	Butler County, KS	29,878	19,859	301	200

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