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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 1,526 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 372 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 Beaumont metro area comprises four counties or county equivalents — and of them, Hardin County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Hardin County stands at 445 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area, Hardin County ranks among the middle 50% 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 Texas 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	Hardin County, TX	445	251	22,118	12,470
2	Newton County, TX	441	62	10,436	1,467
3	Orange County, TX	428	360	18,453	15,509
4	Jefferson County, TX	334	853	21,242	54,211

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