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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metropolitan area, located in Virginia, a total of 450 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 247 fatalities for every 100,000 people. Nationwide, 310 deaths have been attributed to the virus per 100,000 people.

Though deaths attributable to the virus are less common across the metro area than they are nationwide, this is not the case in some parts of the city.

The broader Blacksburg metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Pulaski County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Pulaski County stands at 412 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro area, Pulaski 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 Virginia 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	Pulaski County, VA	412	141	23,100	7,908
2	Floyd County, VA	313	49	17,694	2,772
3	Radford City, VA	301	53	30,425	5,364
4	Giles County, VA	297	50	25,788	4,336
5	Montgomery County, VA	160	157	21,366	20,938

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