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 Des Moines-West Des Moines metropolitan area, located in Iowa, a total of 1,492 deaths have been attributed to the virus, equal to 235 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 Des Moines metro area comprises five counties or county equivalents — and of them, Guthrie County has had the most COVID-19 fatalities per capita. So far, the per capita coronavirus death rate in Guthrie County stands at 440 for every 100,000 people.

Though it has the highest per capita death rate in the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area, Guthrie 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 Iowa 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	Guthrie County, IA	440	47	23,065	2,462
2	Warren County, IA	276	136	26,671	13,165
3	Madison County, IA	252	40	20,661	3,283
4	Polk County, IA	236	1,121	28,108	133,309
5	Dallas County, IA	176	148	29,181	24,513

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