COVID-19 has killed 292,480 people in America. Some academic and government models forecast the spread of the disease will drive the figure to over 350,000 by the end of 2020. There are 3,141 counties in America, and at least one person has died in the great majority of them.

In the hardest-hit counties, particularly in and around New York City, Los Angeles and Houston, coronavirus deaths have numbered in the thousands. In Queens County, part of New York City, the figure is already 5,222. In Kings County, which contains the borough of Brooklyn, also in New York City, the number is 5,235. Los Angeles County has had 8,000 deaths. Harris County, home of Houston, has had 3,103.

However, 116 counties have had no COVID-19 deaths at all.

Only one county on the list has over 35,000 residents. Sagadahoc County, Maine, is along the Atlantic coast. Its population is 35,277. It has 191 confirmed cases. Maine overall has few cases compared to the rest of the country. With 14,454 confirmed cases, it ranks second from the bottom based on that measure, behind only Vermont, which has 5,285. Fatal cases in Maine total 246.

The next largest county on the list based on total population is Boyle, Kentucky, which has a population of 29,913. Confirmed cases stand at 1,277, the highest of any county with no deaths. Boyle County sits in the middle of the state, southeast of Louisville, the largest city in Kentucky. Kentucky has 212,997 confirmed cases and 2,359 deaths.

The next largest county on the list based on population is in Vermont, the state with the fewest confirmed cases in the United States. Orange County has 28,937. It has posted 259 confirmed cases so far.

One county on the list has registered only one confirmed case. Loving County, Texas, has a population of 102. It is the second-least populated county in America, and it covers an area of 677 square miles.

These are the 116 counties where no one has died of COVID-19.

County	State	Population	Cases	Deaths
Sagadahoc	Maine	35,277	190	0
Boyle	Kentucky	29,913	1,277	0
Orange	Vermont	28,937	259	0
Fillmore	Minnesota	20,888	835	0
Plumas	California	18,699	256	0
Los Alamos	New Mexico	18,356	184	0
Dukes	Massachusetts	17,313	322	0
Fleming	Kentucky	14,479	430	0
Estill	Kentucky	14,313	525	0
Braxton	West Virginia	14,282	153	0
Ketchikan Gateway	Alaska	13,804	192	0
Morgan	Kentucky	13,285	387	0
Archuleta	Colorado	12,908	342	0
Powell	Kentucky	12,321	556	0
Nome	Alaska	9,925	207	0
Modoc	California	8,938	128	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	173	0
Clearwater	Idaho	8,640	673	0
Trimble	Kentucky	8,637	225	0
Webster	West Virginia	8,518	89	0
Gilmer	West Virginia	8,205	225	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	268	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	378	0
Northwest Arctic	Alaska	7,734	350	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	333	0
Chariton	Missouri	7,546	268	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	92	0
Jefferson	Nebraska	7,188	450	0
Tucker	West Virginia	7,027	204	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	47	0
Pershing	Nevada	6,611	106	0
Luce	Michigan	6,364	177	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	259	0
Essex	Vermont	6,208	69	0
Stanton	Nebraska	5,992	258	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	227	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	106	0
Putnam	Illinois	5,746	271	0
Lincoln	Colorado	5,548	561	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	89	0
Scott	Illinois	5,047	269	0
Custer	Colorado	4,640	97	0
Mora	New Mexico	4,563	53	0
Bath	Virginia	4,393	79	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	94	0
Ellis	Oklahoma	4,072	252	0
Norton	Virginia	3,990	100	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	67	0
Baca	Colorado	3,563	133	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	159	0
Aleutians East	Alaska	3,425	28	0
Shackelford	Texas	3,311	59	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	46	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	199	0
Sierra	California	2,930	18	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	88	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	68	0
Harmon	Oklahoma	2,721	151	0
Pawnee	Nebraska	2,676	120	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	126	0
Butte	Idaho	2,602	138	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	28	0
Kiowa	Kansas	2,526	86	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	16	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	295	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	20	0
Greeley	Nebraska	2,410	146	0
Adams	North Dakota	2,351	187	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	44	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	27	0
Cimarron	Oklahoma	2,189	82	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	109	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	68	0
Worth	Missouri	2,040	89	0
Judith Basin	Montana	1,951	68	0
Deuel	Nebraska	1,894	54	0
Golden Valley	North Dakota	1,882	174	0
Garden	Nebraska	1,860	84	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	36	0
Eureka	Nevada	1,830	25	0
Taliaferro	Georgia	1,665	40	0
McCone	Montana	1,630	118	0
Wallace	Kansas	1,575	97	0
Irion	Texas	1,524	35	0
Kiowa	Colorado	1,449	35	0
Hyde	South Dakota	1,331	126	0
Harding	South Dakota	1,311	83	0
Jackson	Colorado	1,296	22	0
Sioux	Nebraska	1,266	22	0
Greeley	Kansas	1,200	33	0
Alpine	California	1,146	53	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	52	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	9	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	15	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	41	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	46	0
Camas	Idaho	886	56	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	54	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	10	0
Mineral	Colorado	823	37	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	18	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	25	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	63	0
Golden Valley	Montana	724	25	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	19	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	17	0
Borden	Texas	665	5	0
Thomas	Nebraska	645	37	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	34	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	20	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	15	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	6	0
McPherson	Nebraska	454	17	0
Arthur	Nebraska	418	16	0
King	Texas	228	2	0
Loving	Texas	102	1	0

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