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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metropolitan area, which covers parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, a total of 5,941 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 240 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 Charlotte metro area comprises 10 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Chester County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Chester County stands at 476 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area, Chester 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 South Carolina 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	Chester County, SC	476	154	32,887	10,631
2	Rowan County, NC	428	598	31,520	44,004
3	Gaston County, NC	402	871	32,355	70,076
4	Lancaster County, SC	315	282	30,166	27,012
5	Iredell County, NC	281	484	30,309	52,290
6	York County, SC	267	690	32,097	83,017
7	Cabarrus County, NC	252	508	30,316	61,070
8	Lincoln County, NC	226	184	31,916	25,993
9	Union County, NC	221	500	29,744	67,427
10	Mecklenburg County, NC	158	1,670	29,486	310,872

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