Special Report

This is the County in the Albany, GA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: September 28, 2021 2:45 am

As the delta variant continues to surge, COVID-19 continues to spread through the population. To date, there have been 42,301,000 reported cases of the virus nationwide — and that number is growing every day.

In the Albany metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 20,445 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 13,354 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though COVID-19 infections per capita are in line with the national average across Albany , there are parts of the metro area where this is not the case.

The broader Albany metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Lee County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 4,444 infections in Lee County, or 15,142 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Lee County than they are across all of the Albany area, however. There have been a total of 252 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Lee County, compared to 382 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Albany metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.

These are all the counties in Georgia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).