These Are the Counties in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

24/7 Wall St. 3/2/2022 Samuel Stebbins

© Provided by 24/7 Wall St. Since the first case of the omicron variant was detected in the U.S., new daily cases of COVID-19 have hit new highs. To date, 78,099,364 Americans have been infected with the virus -- and over 900,000 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world.

In the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area, which covers parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, a total of 2,081,854 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 21,831 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area -- below the national rate of 23,871 cases per 100,000 people.

The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Chicago-Naperville-Elgin is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Chicago metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents -- and of them, Newton County in Indiana has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 2,531 infections in Newton County, or 18,055 for every 100,000 people.

Though Newton County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Chicago metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high.

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There have been a total of 471 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Newton County, above the 247 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area.

All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Feb. 28, 2022.

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

Rank	Geography	COVID cases per 100,000 people	Total cases	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths
1	Newton County, IN	18,055	2,531	471	66
2	Lake County, IL	20,845	146,671	187	1,318
3	Cook County, IL	21,222	1,108,582	268	13,997
4	Lake County, IN	21,624	105,277	347	1,687
5	DeKalb County, IL	22,006	22,930	181	189
6	DuPage County, IL	22,007	205,045	179	1,669
7	Porter County, IN	22,050	37,053	311	522
8	Will County, IL	23,163	159,520	215	1,482
9	Kane County, IL	23,399	124,212	206	1,093
10	McHenry County, IL	24,241	74,612	148	456
11	Kendall County, IL	24,420	30,434	124	154
12	Grundy County, IL	24,695	12,473	263	133
13	Kenosha County, WI	25,886	43,574	361	608
14	Jasper County, IN	26,727	8,940	407	136

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These Are the Counties in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area With the Least COVID-19

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