Special Report

This Is the County in the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 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 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metropolitan area, which covers parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, a total of 125,930 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 23,086 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 26,906 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Youngstown-Warren-Boardman is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Youngstown metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Trumbull County in Ohio has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 44,297 confirmed infections in Trumbull County, or 21,952 for every 100,000 people.

Though Trumbull County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Youngstown metro area, its per capita fatality rate is closely in line with the regional average.

There have been a total of 470 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Trumbull County, compared to 468 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metro area.

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

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