Special Report

This Is the County in the Fort Wayne, IN 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 Fort Wayne metropolitan area, located in Indiana, a total of 120,816 cases of COVID-19 have been reported. Adjusted for population, there have been 27,992 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 Fort Wayne is being driven by a high concentration of the virus in one area in particular.

The broader Fort Wayne metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents, which can include independent cities — and of them, Whitley County has the most COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 9,732 confirmed infections in Whitley County, or 28,922 for every 100,000 people.

A relatively high infection rate does not necessarily mean COVID-19 related fatalities per capita are higher in Whitley County than they are across all of the Fort Wayne area, however. There have been a total of 250 coronavirus deaths for every 100,000 people in Whitley County, compared to 325 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Fort Wayne metro area.

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

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