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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metropolitan area, which covers parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, a total of 24,736 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 259 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 Chicago metro area comprises 14 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Newton County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Newton County stands at 492 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area, Newton 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 Indiana 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	Newton County, IN	492	69	19,454	2,727
2	Jasper County, IN	448	150	28,671	9,590
3	Kenosha County, WI	384	647	28,733	48,366
4	Lake County, IN	381	1,856	23,751	115,631
5	Porter County, IN	342	575	24,517	41,199
6	Cook County, IL	279	14,556	25,027	1,307,317
7	Grundy County, IL	277	140	27,508	13,894
8	Will County, IL	228	1,572	26,820	184,710
9	Kane County, IL	216	1,145	26,758	142,041
10	Lake County, IL	202	1,424	25,035	176,150
11	DeKalb County, IL	193	201	25,827	26,912
12	DuPage County, IL	187	1,746	26,485	246,768
13	McHenry County, IL	160	491	27,588	84,913
14	Kendall County, IL	132	164	28,635	35,687

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