Special Report

This Is the County in the Jefferson City, MO Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 17, 2022 3:45 am

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 Jefferson City metropolitan area, located in Missouri, a total of 39,348 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 26,031 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — in line with the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.

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

The broader Jefferson City metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Callaway County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 12,120 confirmed infections in Callaway County, or 27,029 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Callaway County than they are across all of the Jefferson City area, however. There have been a total of 288 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Callaway County, compared to 342 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Jefferson City metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of May 13, 2022.

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