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, 550,726 Americans have died, which is about 20% of the world’s total. Confirmed cases have reached 30,223,587, or about 25% of the global number.

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, 26% of the adult population has received at least one dose of vaccine, and 14% have received two shots. While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two shots, the one from Johnson & Johnson requires only one. According to the COVID Data Tracker, 169,223,125 doses have been delivered in the United States and 130,473,853 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. They have been found in all 50 states, and a number of other variants have emerged that the CDC does not report on to the public.

The number of counties where no one has died from COVID-19 has dropped to just 44. 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. The 8.1% poverty rate is lower than the national number.

Only three counties have fewer than 10 confirmed cases. Harding County, New Mexico, has eight. Loving County, Texas, and Kalawao County, Hawaii, each has one. The figures are as of March 23.

The list of counties with no coronavirus deaths continues to shrink fairly rapidly, which begs the question of whether any will be untouched by at least one such death before the disease is brought under control.

Counties Where No One Has Died of COVID-19

County	Population	Cases
San Juan, Washington	16,473	122
Nome, Alaska	9,925	332
Sitka City, Alaska	8,738	326
San Miguel, Colorado	7,968	845
Lake, Colorado	7,585	686
Calhoun, West Virginia	7,396	238
Aleutians West, Alaska	5,750	647
Cook, Minnesota	5,311	134
Mineral, Montana	4,211	248
Wahkiakum, Washington	4,189	101
Harlan, Nebraska	3,438	212
Sierra, California	2,930	101
Wayne, Utah	2,694	125
Haines, Alaska	2,518	28
Wrangell City, Alaska	2,484	32
Rich, Utah	2,350	139
Denali, Alaska	2,232	79
Dolores, Colorado	1,841	67
Eureka, Nevada	1,830	50
Sherman, Oregon	1,605	53
Jackson, Colorado	1,296	52
Sioux, Nebraska	1,266	36
Alpine, California	1,146	86
Clark, Idaho	1,077	56
Skagway, Alaska	1,061	20
Esmeralda, Nevada	981	37
Billings, North Dakota	946	53
Hayes, Nebraska	943	58
Camas, Idaho	886	71
Logan, Nebraska	886	79
Hinsdale, Colorado	878	17
Wheeler, Nebraska	822	38
Keya Paha, Nebraska	792	51
Jones, South Dakota	735	88
Slope, North Dakota	704	31
Banner, Nebraska	696	35
Daggett, Utah	612	37
Loup, Nebraska	585	40
San Juan, Colorado	544	43
Blaine, Nebraska	480	20
Harding, New Mexico	459	8
King, Texas	228	11
Loving, Texas	102	1
Kalawao, Hawaii	75	1

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