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 Winston-Salem metropolitan area, located in North Carolina, a total of 185,666 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 28,055 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 Winston-Salem, some parts of the metro area are safer than others.

The broader Winston metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Stokes County in North Carolina has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 12,164 confirmed infections in Stokes County, or 26,498 for every 100,000 people.

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

There have been a total of 403 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Stokes County, above the 258 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Winston-Salem metro area.

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

These are all the counties in North Carolina 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	Stokes County, NC	26,498	12,164	403	185
2	Forsyth County, NC	27,668	102,808	229	850
3	Davidson County, NC	28,188	46,416	267	440
4	Davie County, NC	29,275	12,293	262	110
5	Yadkin County, NC	31,820	11,985	321	121

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