Special Report

This Is the County in the Savannah, GA Metro Area With the Most COVID-19

Samuel Stebbins

Published: May 17, 2022 2:30 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 Savannah metropolitan area, located in Georgia, a total of 86,795 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 22,744 confirmed infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 24,885 cases per 100,000 people.

Even though Savannah has fewer COVID-19 infections per capita than the national average, there are parts of the metro area that appear to be at higher risk than others.

The broader Savannah metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Bryan County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,195 confirmed infections in Bryan County, or 25,624 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Bryan County than they are across all of the Savannah area, however. There have been a total of 254 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Bryan County, compared to 307 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Savannah metro area.

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

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