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This Is the County in the Terre Haute, IN Metro Area With the Most COVID-19
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There have been 81,417,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States to date – and that number continues to grow.
In the Terre Haute metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 45,282 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,588 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — above the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Terre Haute is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.
The broader Terre Haute metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Vigo County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 29,022 confirmed infections in Vigo County, or 26,949 for every 100,000 people.
A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Vigo County than they are across all of the Terre Haute area, however. There have been a total of 384 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Vigo County, in line with 383 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Terre Haute metro area.
All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2022.
Rank | Geography | COVID cases per 100,000 people | Total cases | Deaths per 100,000 people | Total deaths |
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1 | Vigo County, IN | 26,949 | 29,022 | 384 | 414 |
2 | Vermillion County, IN | 26,452 | 4,116 | 482 | 75 |
3 | Clay County, IN | 26,085 | 6,852 | 335 | 88 |
4 | Sullivan County, IN | 25,452 | 5,292 | 366 | 76 |
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