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, 519,735 Americans have died, which about 20% of the world’s total. Confirmed cases have reached 28,936,161, 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 counties and county-equivalents, not a single person has died.

The pace of the spread of the disease remains a race to some extent between vaccinations and a rising number of potentially dangerous variants. At this point, about 15% of the adult population has received at least one dose of vaccine. About 8% have received two shots. According to the COVID Data Tracker, 96,402,490 doses have been delivered in the United States and 76,899,987 doses have been administered.

Variants are among the dangers epidemiologist and public health officials worry about. At least one, from the United Kingdom, could account for most new 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 46 states.

The number of counties where no one has died has dropped to just 57. 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. The county covers an island northwest of Seattle, near the Canadian border. Of the population, 88% are white. 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. 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 Kansas, Nebraska and Alaska.

These are the 57 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	326	0
Sitka City	Alaska	8,738	314	0
San Miguel	Colorado	7,968	817	0
Anderson	Kansas	7,852	809	0
Lake	Colorado	7,585	659	0
Calhoun	West Virginia	7,396	230	0
Grand Isle	Vermont	6,965	110	0
Mitchell	Kansas	6,222	558	0
Ottawa	Kansas	5,902	548	0
Aleutians West	Alaska	5,750	557	0
Cook	Minnesota	5,311	118	0
Mineral	Montana	4,211	229	0
Wahkiakum	Washington	4,189	92	0
Osborne	Kansas	3,603	286	0
Harlan	Nebraska	3,438	207	0
Woodson	Kansas	3,170	204	0
Rush	Kansas	3,102	424	0
Sierra	California	2,930	48	0
Edwards	Kansas	2,925	252	0
Logan	Kansas	2,810	291	0
Hamilton	Kansas	2,616	199	0
Elk	Kansas	2,562	174	0
Haines	Alaska	2,518	27	0
Sheridan	Kansas	2,506	426	0
Wrangell City	Alaska	2,484	29	0
Denali	Alaska	2,232	73	0
Highland	Virginia	2,214	91	0
Wichita	Kansas	2,143	214	0
De Baca	New Mexico	2,060	132	0
Dolores	Colorado	1,841	68	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	77	0
Clark	Idaho	1,077	53	0
Skagway	Alaska	1,061	20	0
Esmeralda	Nevada	981	37	0
Billings	North Dakota	946	53	0
Hayes	Nebraska	943	59	0
Camas	Idaho	886	69	0
Logan	Nebraska	886	76	0
Hinsdale	Colorado	878	17	0
Wheeler	Nebraska	822	36	0
Keya Paha	Nebraska	792	47	0
Jones	South Dakota	735	85	0
Slope	North Dakota	704	31	0
Banner	Nebraska	696	32	0
Loup	Nebraska	585	40	0
San Juan	Colorado	544	42	0
Blaine	Nebraska	480	19	0
Harding	New Mexico	459	8	0
King	Texas	228	11	0
Loving	Texas	102	1	0

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