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 College Station-Bryan metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 40,584 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 15,981 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 12,929 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across College Station-Bryan is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader College Station metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Burleson County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 3,065 infections in Burleson County, or 17,158 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Burleson County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the College Station area, it also has more deaths attributable to the virus per capita than the metro area as a whole. There have been a total of 313 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Burleson County, compared to 171 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire College Station-Bryan metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.
These are all the counties in Texas where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it’s still getting worse).
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burleson County, TX | 17,158 | 3,065 | 313 | 56 |
| 2 | Robertson County, TX | 16,714 | 2,823 | 355 | 60 |
| 3 | Brazos County, TX | 15,829 | 34,696 | 145 | 318 |
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