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 Chattanooga metropolitan area, which covers parts of Tennessee and Georgia, a total of 89,405 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 16,195 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 Chattanooga is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Chattanooga metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Marion County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 5,405 infections in Marion County, or 19,020 for every 100,000 people.
Not only does Marion County have the most COVID-19 infections per capita in the Chattanooga 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 183 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Marion County, compared to 165 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Chattanooga metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 24, 2021.
| Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion County, TN | 19,020 | 5,405 | 183 | 52 |
| 2 | Sequatchie County, TN | 18,907 | 2,785 | 204 | 30 |
| 3 | Hamilton County, TN | 16,780 | 59,996 | 171 | 610 |
| 4 | Walker County, GA | 15,083 | 10,381 | 167 | 115 |
| 5 | Catoosa County, GA | 13,329 | 8,837 | 130 | 86 |
| 6 | Dade County, GA | 12,331 | 2,001 | 105 | 17 |
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