DOTHAN, Ala. – The Biden Administration has announced plans to inoculate 300 million Americans against the novel coronavirus by the end of the summer. Achieving this goal will, hopefully, allow life in the United States to return to some degree of normalcy after COVID-19 wreaked havoc for well over a year. So far, the virus has claimed 472,985 American lives — more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.
In the Dothan metropolitan area, located in Alabama, a total of 352 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 238 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, the per capita death rate stands at 145 per 100,000.
The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven disproportionately by one area in particular.
The broader Dothan metro area comprises three counties or county equivalents — and of them, Geneva County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita death coronavirus death rate in Geneva County stands at 245 for every 100,000 people.
With the highest per capita death rate in the Dothan metro area, Geneva County ranks among the top 25% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents with at least one COVID-19 fatality, by death rate per capita.
Geography: Deaths per 100,000 people: Total deaths: Confirmed cases per 100,000 people: Total confirmed cases:
Geneva, AL 245 65 8,882 2,353
Houston, AL 237 247 9,516 9,930
Henry, AL 234 40 10,441 1,788
