The pace of the spread of COVID-19 has slowed across America. Increases in daily fatal cases and confirmed cases are about half what they were seven weeks ago. Nevertheless, 534,746 Americans have died, which is about 20% of the world’s total. Confirmed cases have reached 29,465,761, or about 25% of the global number. As important as these statistics, hospitalizations have fallen below 50,000 for the first time since November.

The range of the severity of the disease by state and county varies considerably. In a very small number of the 3,143 U.S. counties and county equivalents, not a single person has died.

To some extent, the pace of the spread of the disease remains a race between vaccinations and the rising number of potentially dangerous variants. At this point, 19% of the adult population has received at least one dose of vaccine. Nearly 10% have received two shots. According to the COVID Data Tracker, 127,869,155 doses have been delivered in the United States and 95,721,290 doses have been administered.

Variants are among the dangers epidemiologist and public health officials worry about. At least one, first identified in the United Kingdom, could account for most new U.S. cases by the end of March. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently tracks three variants for the public. At this point, they are present in 49 states.

The number of counties where no one has died from COVID-19 has dropped to just 55. Only one has a population of over 10,000 people. San Juan County, Washington, has 16,473 residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and 88% are white. The county covers an island northwest of Seattle, near the Canadian border. The median household income in the county is $63,622, slightly below the national figure. At 8.1%, the poverty rate is lower than the national number.

None of the counties without COVID-19 deaths has more than 1,000 cases of the disease. Two have less than 10. Loving County, Texas, with a population of 102, has only one case. An examination of the list shows most of the counties where no one has died are in rural states, particularly Alaska, Kansas and Nebraska.

These are the 55 counties where no one has died of COVID-19:

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
San Juan	Washington	16,473	121	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	329	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	323	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	829	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	818	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	665	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	231	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	127	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	559	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	547	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	630	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	119	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	235	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	100	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	287	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	210	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	205	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	425	0
Sierra	California	2,930	48	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	256	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	293	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	201	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	176	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	28	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	428	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	31	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	75	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	215	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	69	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	50	0
Sherman	Oregon	1,605	53	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	173	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	51	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	36	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	101	0
Alpine	California	1,146	78	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	54	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	20	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	37	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	53	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	58	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	76	0
Camas	Idaho	886	70	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	17	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	36	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	48	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	85	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	31	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	35	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	40	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	43	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	20	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	8	0
King	Texas	228	11	0
Loving	Texas	102	1	0

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