This Is the County in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area with the Most Deaths from COVID-19

Special Report

Published: July 22, 2022 5:00 am

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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metropolitan area, which covers parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, a total of 13,528 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 281 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 Boston metro area comprises seven counties or county equivalents — and of them, Essex County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Essex County stands at 362 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area, Essex 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 Massachusetts 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	Essex County, MA	362	2,828	28,996	226,467
2	Plymouth County, MA	339	1,736	24,761	126,812
3	Norfolk County, MA	283	1,976	21,807	152,268
4	Middlesex County, MA	260	4,154	23,977	382,477
5	Suffolk County, MA	259	2,050	30,286	239,792
6	Rockingham County, NH	185	566	24,600	75,062
7	Strafford County, NH	170	218	25,713	32,974

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