More than 1 million Americans have died from COVID-19 – more than the total number of Americans killed in World War I and World War II combined.

In the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metropolitan area, which covers parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a total of 3,059 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 367 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

The higher than average per capita COVID-19 death rate across the metro area is being driven by one area in particular.

The broader Allentown metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Carbon County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Carbon County stands at 482 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area, Carbon County ranks among the top 25% of all U.S. counties or county equivalents by COVID-19 death rate per capita.

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

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

Rank	Geography	Deaths per 100,000 people	Total deaths	Confirmed cases per 100,000 people	Total confirmed cases
1	Carbon County, PA	482	308	26,784	17,123
2	Northampton County, PA	374	1,128	28,729	86,699
3	Lehigh County, PA	352	1,277	26,737	96,952
4	Warren County, NJ	326	346	25,185	26,770

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