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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, located in Texas, a total of 19,184 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 264 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 Dallas metro area comprises 13 counties or county equivalents — and of them, Hood County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Hood County stands at 489 for every 100,000 people.

With the highest per capita death rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area, Hood 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 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	Hood County, TX	489	278	24,254	13,801
2	Johnson County, TX	455	743	27,936	45,668
3	Kaufman County, TX	450	535	31,425	37,367
4	Wise County, TX	422	273	27,247	17,612
5	Somervell County, TX	412	36	24,374	2,131
6	Hunt County, TX	396	365	17,914	16,508
7	Parker County, TX	349	453	27,847	36,146
8	Ellis County, TX	346	585	30,414	51,350
9	Tarrant County, TX	295	5,966	29,471	595,311
10	Rockwall County, TX	286	268	30,030	28,121
11	Dallas County, TX	263	6,800	23,434	606,133
12	Denton County, TX	169	1,363	23,841	192,407
13	Collin County, TX	161	1,519	24,712	233,368

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