Note: This story was edited on April 11, 2020, to correct Kerhsaw County's location in South Carolina.

Kershaw County has one of the highest per-capita coronavirus caseload rates in the United States, according to a data analysis by the Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracking project.

Kershaw County ranks 84th among U.S. counties in the study that looked at rates of infection per 100,000 residents.

There are more 3,100 counties or county-equivalents in the nation, making Kershaw County in the top 3% of per-capita infections.

Located northeast of Columbia, Kershaw County is home to 64,361 people, making it representative of just 1% of the population of the Palmetto State.

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There were 159 confirmed cases in the about 750-square-mile county Wednesday, according to the data published Wednesday morning.

New York City County tops the ranking with almost 5,011 cases per 100,000 people. But it's not just counties with big cities with big rates: Blaine County, Idaho, with a population of about 21,000, is ranked fourth in the nation. Randolph County, Georgia, is the smallest area in the top 10, with 82 cases and a population of about 7,000.

Kershaw County was home to the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in South Carolina on March 7. On that day, it was one of about 500 diagnoses in the United States. As of Wednesday afternoon, Americans are battling about 420,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

The Greenville News traveled to Kershaw County when it was home to 35% of the state's cases. The community's response, as well as its history of resilience, was documented in a March 20 report.

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As of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, South Carolina health officials confirmed 2,552 cases across the state, with 165 identified in Kershaw County, the fifth-highest in the state.

It's neighbor, Richland County, has the most cases — 372 — in South Carolina. Richland County is both home to Columbia — and more than six times as many people as Kershaw County.

Wednesday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control also released updated estimates of possible cases for each county and ZIP code.

For Kershaw County, that is 1,118 possible cases, not quite seven times higher than the confirmed cases.